Gabriel Marquez is accomplished in the use of magical realism. Marquez makes use of magical realism to blend reality and fantasy with the intention that the distinction among the two obliterates. Magical realism enlarges the categories of reality to include myth, magic and other events in nature which are left out in realism. Gabriel Marquez examines the existence of magic in daily life and our concept of divine intervention in “A Very Old Man with …showed first 75 words of 649 total…

…showed last 75 words of 649 total…The family exploits the angel until the neighborhood grows weary of him; the angel becomes a silent burden and an "annoyance" to Elisenda and eventually she frees him and he silently flies away. Marquez uses people’s reactions to and exploitations of the angel as a form of commentary on human nature. In "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings," Marquez smoothly merges the normal with the supernatural and is an example of magic realism.