The Very Old Man
The neighbor woman tells Elisenda and Pelayo that the old man is
An angel
The hobbies of the narrator and Irene are
Reading and knitting
The traits that are unique to the drowned man are
He is extremely tall, handsome, and muscular
Magical realism sits between these two genres
Fiction and fantasy
There are this many teachers for Multi-Cultural Lit at Chattahoochee
3
The old man and the child both get this at the end of the story
Chickenpox
The city that this story takes place in
Buenos Aires
The name that the villagers decide to give to the drowned man
Esteban
Latin America
Ms. Webb taught this grade before teaching at Chattahoochee
10th
The girl has been turned into a spider because
She disobeyed her parents
The age of the narrator and Irene is
Approaching their 40s
They have a funeral for him, and assign him family members in the village
Harry Potter is typically NOT an example of Magical Realism because
Most of the story takes place in a fantasy world
The last day of school for seniors (if you don't have to take any final exams!) is
May 8th
Elisenda and Pelayo want to do this with the old man after they find him
Send him on a raft out to sea with enough food and water to last 3 days
When the house is fully taken over, the narrator and Irene decide to
Abandon the house
Some of the physical changes the villagers decide to make in the village after they find the drowned man
Making doors wider, making ceilings higher, making the village more accessible
An example of a book/movie with Magical Realism, and an element of Magical Realism from this book/movie is
Mixed Responses!
The book that we are starting after this unit is
The Kite Runner
An ailment that a villager comes to the old man with is
A woman who has been counting heartbeats since she was a child and ran out of numbers OR a man that cannot sleep because the noise of the stars keeps him awake
Describe how the characters behave at night versus during the day
During the night the characters are aware of the "thing" taking over the house and act more anxious. During the day they act as if nothing is happening and go about their usual activities.
The drowned man symbolizes this for the village
A drastic and positive change
Magical Realism was first created as a genre in this decade
1940s
What was Ms. Webb's major in college (undergrad) and where did she go