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Read the excerpt from Cristina Garcia’s Dreaming in Cuban.
My mother says that Abuela Celia’s had plenty of chances to leave Cuba but that she’s stubborn and got her head turned around by El Líder. Mom says “Communist” the way some people says “cancer,” low and fierce.
Which element from this excerpt best characterizes Garcia’s story as one of magic realism?
linking the words “communist” and “cancer”
presenting the idea of leaving Cuba as an extraordinary event
using El Líder as an additional narrator from Cuba
connecting Celia with Latin American history
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connecting Celia with Latin American history
Reason: the line ties a private family member (Celia) directly to a larger political/mythic figure (El Líder), blending personal experience with historical/political reality — a hallmark of magic realism.
Reason: the line ties a private family member (Celia) directly to a larger political/mythic figure (El Líder), blending personal experience with historical/political reality — a hallmark of magic realism.
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