-Gabriel Garcia Marquez: “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings”
-A. S. BYATT “The Thing in the Forest”
-Louise Erdrich “Love medicine”
- Compare the use of fairy tale in “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” to that of “The Thing in the Forest” or “Love Medicine.” You may look at the narrator, intended (or believed) moral, realistic versus fantastic elements, or other components of your choice.
- Do you find moral lessons are better conveyed in fantastical literature, such as “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” or more realistic pieces such as “Everything that Rises Must Converge?” Why?
- As a reader, do you feel more compassion for the main character in “Lusus Naturae” or “St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves?” Why do you think that is the case? Use quotations from each piece to support your explanation.
