Question

read the excerpt from cristina garcias dreaming in cuban.
my father knew i understood more than i could say. he told me stories about cuba after columbus came. he said that the spaniards wiped out more indians with smallpox than with muskets.
which best describes an element of magic realism used by garcia in this excerpt?
○ she shows the close relationship that pilar had with her father.
○ she connects the events to the colonial history of latin america.
○ she is a modern writer developing a story about spanish history.
○ she characterizes columbuss discovery as an extraordinary event.

Explanation:

Magic realism blends mundane, personal moments with significant historical context, grounding intimate stories within larger, often harsh, real-world events. The excerpt pairs a father-daughter private exchange with the brutal colonial history of Cuba (Spanish colonization and the decimation of Indigenous peoples), which aligns with this literary element. The other options either describe a simple character relationship, a basic author context, or a misframing of the event, not the core magic realist blend of personal and historical.

Answer:

She connects the events to the colonial history of Latin America.