Garcia-Marquez
What happens to the young boy in the story?
- He is sick with fever
- He becomes better toward the end of the story
After eating cake at Rosaura's wedding, the guests are struck by fits of
Vomiting
Who is the boy that marries Rosaura?
Pedro
What was Juvenal Urbino's profession?
Doctor
What do the kitchen and food preparation symbolize for Tita?
- An escape (from Mama Elena and reality)
- Happiness/joy
- A way to channel her emotions
What type of allusion is being made in "A Very Old Man w/ Enormous Wings"?
Biblical/historical:
-Man w/ buzzard wings (JESUS) who allegedly can cure people
-Day that Jesus rose (ON THE THIRD DAY)
Where did Mama Elena give birth to Tita?
In their Kitchen
What is the De La Garza tradition that is handed down for generations?
The youngest daughter will never marry to take care of the Mother
What does Urbino find unfinished on Saint-Amour’s desk?
Chess game
How did Medea kill her children AND Jason's fiance?
Children: With a sword :(
Fiance: Poisonous dress
"He was dressed like a ragpicker."
-Who is the person being referenced?
-What literary device is being used?
- The "angel" with buzzard-like wings
- Simile
What is Nacha overcome by when she tastes the cake icing?
Loss and sadness
Who is Gertrudis?
-Tita's sister
- Mama Elena's daughter
-The eldest De La Garza sister
What flower did Saint-Amour tell his lover “to remember him” with?
A rose
Frivolous
Not having a serious purpose or value
Magnanimous
(WHAT DOES IT MEAN?)
Generous or forgiving (ESP toward a person of power)
Name one example of magic realism in "A Very Old Man w/ Enormous Wings"
- Man with wings (the angel)
- The people who came by to see the man (i.e. a leper whose sores sprouted sunflowers, a woman who was a tarantula the size of a ram with the head of a sad maiden)
- Woman who couldn't sleep b/c of the noise of the stars
What happens to Nacha?
She dies of a broken heart after tasting the cake batter she and Tita are making for Rosaura
According to Saint-Amour’s lover, what fate did he refuse by committing suicide?
Aging/growing old
What happens to Medea at the end of the book?
-She kills Jason's fiance/her children
-She rides off into the sunset on her golden chariot given to her by Helios
-She flies away to Aegeus' land