Answer:
1. Authors of magical realism often use a matter-of-fact tone. They frequently use a style that makes the unreal sound a little like nonfiction.
2. In magical realism, characters' minds stay focused on the real world even when they encounter magic. Instead of growing as people, they tend to hang onto their negative qualities.
3. In "The Nose," Kovaloff and other characters tend to assume that how things appear is how they really are.
4. When authors show many characters making similar strange choices or sharing similar strange attitudes, it is a good time to think about the theme.
5. "The Nose," like many other magical realist stories, shows characters who change and grow very little from their magical experiences.
Write a short answer for each question.
6. In "A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings" a magical realist story by Gabriel García Márquez, an angel falls out of the sky into a family's backyard. The family keeps the angel locked up and sells tickets to people who want to see him. Eventually, the neighbors' interest decreases, and the angel's presence just annoys the family. Eventually, however, the angel flies away.
Based on what you've read in this activity, do you think the family members learn much as a result of this experience? Why or why not?
I think they don’t learn as much as they should . They probably just go on with their regular and boring lives and are more focused on things like money and power rather than learning a lesson.
7. Do you agree or disagree that the human attachment to appearances is an important theme of "The Nose"? Explain your answer in a few sentences.
I think it’s a theme of the story, but I don’t think it’s the only thing that explains what the story is. I think Gogol also talks a lot about power, since if he were to talk only about appearances then that wouldn't give us enough information and I think he talks a lot about power too since power and looks mixed with money control the world.
Explanation:
Just make sure for the short answers not to copy exactly
