Read the excerpt from cristina garcia’s dreaming in cuban.

my father knew i understood more than i could say. he told me stories about cuba after columbus came. he said that the spaniards wiped out more indians with smallpox than with muskets.

which best describes an element of magic realism used by garcia in this excerpt?

she shows the close relationship that pilar had with her father.
she connects the events to the colonial history of latin america.
she is a modern writer developing a story about spanish history.
she characterizes columbus’s discovery as an extraordinary event.

She connects the events to the colonial history of Latin America.

Explanation:

Magic realism is a style of fiction that combines realistic elements of the world with fantastic elements. The genre is most often associated with Latin American literature, and with authors such as Gabriel García Márquez, Miguel Angel Asturias, Jorge Luis Borges, Elena Garro, Mireya Robles, Juan Rulfo, Rómulo Gallegos, Arturo Uslar Pietri, and Isabel Allende. However, many writers have employed it in other contexts. Due to its connection with Latin America, magic realism often references the colonial legacy of the region.

the significance of the title, "the passing", is related to the fact that the main characters, who are three african-american descendant women, are passing as white. this means that, because of their light-coloured skins they look like white women. one of the three friends, clare, is married to a white man and she lives in a white community and she has never told her husband that she is black. the title can easily be connected to the idea of pretending to be someone you are not and of losing your real identity in order to be accepted by society.

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