Although Isabel Allende began writing The House of the Spirits on January of 1981, the idea of magical realism came long before. Magical realism is believed to have been formed during the English expansion and colonization of new worlds. When Europeans began to travel to new lands, they encountered new cultures. Since the rituals and daily lives of the newly exposed cultures were not the same as what the English were used to, they conceived strange interpretations and explanations as to why things were the way they were. These new notions often included stories about spirits, forces of nature, and the supernatural. These ideas and stories quickly spread a

Pedro Tercero Garcia and Esteban did meet and get in a brawl. Esteban chopped off a few of Pedro's fingers and Pedro took off. Pedro Tercero left Tres Marias and became a wanderer. He sang songs of freedom, like the story of the hens who joined forces to chase off the fox who had come to eat the eggs and the baby chickens. This is a parody he thought up as a teenager and told Blanca. She argued that hens could never do this because they are born stupid and foxes are born smart. This was the whole point behind his story, but Blanca did not understand. Pedro Tercero grew up to be a popular musician and truly loved no other than Blanca, although he did fall victim to the flesh during his long tours. He was a well educated boy and taught himself to read words that were not even in the dictionary of the Spanish Royal Academy. He was very out spoken about his causes, which is why he and Esteban had so many problems. He had always been forthright about his beliefs, and felt!

n Gabriel Garciia Maarquez, the Brazilian Jorge Amado, and the Argentines Jorge Luis Borges and Julio Cartazar began to use magical realism in their stories, many other authors caught on to this trend of writing because it had such an intriguing way to capture audiences. Next, let us take a look at Isabel Allende's life and how her incorporation of magical realism stemmed from many true events that happened to her or her family.

Alba's character in The House of the Spirits involves the inclination of magical realism also. She inherited the gift of clairvoyance from Clara, and would rely and call upon spirits in all situations in her life. Alba did not have any friends her age, but this did not seem to bother her one bit. She was well educated and grew up with a greater diversity in cultures than any of her other relatives. Her uncles Jamie and Nicolas were always imposing their inputs or teaching her some new piece of information. Esteban became more easy going with the arrival of Alba. He always played with her and treated her with the most tenderness a grandfather could supply. When Alba became older, she had an affinity to try to help others. She began teaching a class of mongoloids, or retarded children, where she took care of the children and allowed them to play with clay. Alba would join forces with Socialists and fall in love with a young man by the name of Miguel, whom her brothers!

Traditionalist in an ever changing Socialist world. His position and political voice would later lead to the kidnapping and beating of his granddaughter, Alba, in front of his own eyes.

Esteban had a history of violence. He had, in the many years before Clara, raped the teenage girls whose families worked for him on his ranch. He would snatch up these girls or his horse and take them down to the river, or roll in the fields with them. He even raped and impregnated a few of those girls, only leaving them and the children to shame. He would leave with no recognition or responsibility as a parent. He thought that Clara never knew, but she was so in tune with the spirit world, that not only could she predict his victory in the election, she was aware of his violent past. All of the families on the ranch knew what the patron had been doing all along, but he did provide the families with a place to live and eventually, thanks to Clara, small wages instead of notes, therefore, they did nothing to disrupt tranquility on the ranch.

The character of Madam Transito is also very interesting. Her name means in Spanish "transit" or "transition." It is Madam Transito that consuls Esteban in his times of need, even though it is not her norm in business. He ran to her whenever he and Clara had problems, or whenever he was a little stressed out. Together they made wild and passionate love, and Esteban confided in her. Madam Tranisto's char

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