The Human Condition Of The World - 2221 Words

The Human Condition can be argued to be in a crisis with its position in modern society. With a massive decline in personal interaction, corruption in government, and the event of climate change that has never before been seen in the history of this planet. There are few small groups around the world that try to make this crisis known to the world, although many world powers and much of the population choose to either deny or ignore the cry for help. There is a plethora of ways to spread the word, and one of the most common is through writing; authors such as Jared Diamond or Al Gore commit their lives to informing the world about the decline of the human condition. There are also authors that do not rely on pressing these matters†¦show more content†¦Understanding just how temptation, culture and relationships can be interpreted as magic reveals how these authors use their genre to inform the population of the failing human condition. When the term â€Å"magic† is brought up in any kind of media, the immediate thought of most people is fairy dust, unicorns, or J.K. Rowling’s â€Å"Harry Potter† series; although the magic in Magical Realism is truly none of that at all. The â€Å"magic† in Magical Realism comes from the characters in the novels, through their thoughts and actions they create the magic that exists in these novels. In these themes the magic reveals itself, they appear as unstoppable forces in human nature that cannot be derived to an elementary force, and thus appears magical. Temptation for instance, appears in A Hundred Years of Solitude and Invisible Cities to lure men to unspeakable fates that impact the rest of their lives and the lives of the people around them. Although the essence of temptation is an unexplainable force that exists blatantly to lead humanity away from morality, the same force exists within the other two reoccurring themes that are seen in Magical Realism. For example, relationships are emphasized and seen often in Life of Pi and A Hundred Years of Solitude and are put in place to show how they play a key role in the stories. The same force that deals with temptation