Which excerpt from "first generation" of dreaming in cuban is the best example of magic realism?
the family split up and minnie was raised by a grandmother who can quote the bible chapter and verse and drives a beat-up
cadillac with a cb radio in it.
o we camped out under a sapodilla tree and listened to the pygmy owls with their old women's voices.
four blocks from her home, lourdes smells her father's cigar behind a catalpa tree. "mi hija, have you forgotten me? " jorge
del pino chides gently.
she combs her daughter's room for the jimi hendrix poster she made her take down and tacks it back on the wall.

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the illustration   that would give a reader a clear understanding of the text is a picture of men constructing the frame of a building.the frame is made of iron bars. the text describes the job of blacksmiths'. these were very organised and they had different names: "the driver" and "the heater". the text describes the way in which these men worked ; they worked iron pieces as if they were playing a sport. in fact, the text wants to show the men's skills. the text also puts some emphasis on the use of '' rivets'' in construction. this kind of nails were not always used in the construction of manhattan.

some examples:

"and with an underhand toss he hurled the smoking rivet straight at the catcher, who caught it in mid-air in his catching can." men's skills

"when the driver was ready for a new " the emphasis on the rivet ( special nail used in construction).

" it against a beam to remove any cinders, and jammed it into the waiting hole. " the emphasis on the rivet.

the mending wall was written by robert frost