“Light is like water,” I answered. “You turn the tap and out it comes.” This excerpt from the short story, “Light is Like Water,” displays the optimistic attitude that the children obtain, regardless their current location. The story, written by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, was published in December of 1978. Amid the publishing of the story, many Latin American writers incorporated political views into their literary works. Marquez strayed from the politics and mainly focused on magical realism as an escape from it. Freedom is a requirement to happiness, and magical realism furnishes the aptitude to escape reality. Marquez uses imagery, symbolism, and magical realism to convey how essential freedom is to one's’ happiness.
The first literary device is imagery. The author uses words and phrases to create ‘mental images.’ The audience can picture the golden light that flooded the city they live in. “It spilled over the balconies, poured in torrents down the facade, and rushed along the great avenue in a …show more content…
The three literary devices allows the boys’ emotions to become something tangible. This captivates the audience because they are focused on the light that defines the children’s past. The narrator of the story is a third-person omniscient which displays the boy’s wants and needs. It is important because we can comprehend the children’s motives and desires which leaves the audience questioning what is real and what is fiction. Although the children miss their old home where open water was available, they try to make things work in their new location. This supports the idea of freedom leading to happiness because the boys had the opportunity to get a boat. Even though it was not the same as being out on the water, their freedom expanded their imagination. This comes to show that your circumstances should not limit your happiness, unless you allow it to do
The first literary device is imagery. The author uses words and phrases to create ‘mental images.’ The audience can picture the golden light that flooded the city they live in. “It spilled over the balconies, poured in torrents down the facade, and rushed along the great avenue in a …show more content…
The three literary devices allows the boys’ emotions to become something tangible. This captivates the audience because they are focused on the light that defines the children’s past. The narrator of the story is a third-person omniscient which displays the boy’s wants and needs. It is important because we can comprehend the children’s motives and desires which leaves the audience questioning what is real and what is fiction. Although the children miss their old home where open water was available, they try to make things work in their new location. This supports the idea of freedom leading to happiness because the boys had the opportunity to get a boat. Even though it was not the same as being out on the water, their freedom expanded their imagination. This comes to show that your circumstances should not limit your happiness, unless you allow it to do