utes . ▁Some ▁of ▁these ▁are ▁trag ic ▁figures , ▁such ▁as ▁Fed ina ▁de ▁Rod as , ▁who ▁readers ▁see ▁tort ured ▁and ▁then ▁sold ▁to ▁a ▁bro th el ▁while ▁she ▁still ▁cl ut ches ▁her ▁dead ▁baby ▁in ▁her ▁arms . ▁O thers , ▁however , ▁provide ▁com ic ▁relief . ▁Sometimes ▁they ▁have ▁color ful ▁or ▁play ful ▁names ▁or ▁nick names , ▁such ▁as ▁" F lat foot " ▁( a ▁begg ar ), ▁the ▁" T alk ing ▁Cow " ▁( a ▁woman ▁who ▁del ivers ▁a ▁speech ▁of ▁pra ise ▁to ▁the ▁President ), ▁or ▁Do ña ▁Benjamin ▁Ven J am ón , ▁who , ▁with ▁her ▁husband ▁the ▁pu ppet - master ▁Don ▁Benjamin , ▁clos es ▁the ▁novel ▁with ▁a ▁l ament ▁for ▁the ▁dem ise ▁of ▁the ▁C athedral ▁Por ch . ▁ ▁Gen res ▁ ▁Magic ▁real ism ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁scholar ▁Luis ▁Le al , ▁in ▁the ▁genre ▁of ▁magic ▁real ism , ▁" the ▁writer ▁confront s ▁reality ▁and ▁tries ▁to ▁un t angle ▁it , ▁to ▁discover ▁what ▁is ▁myster ious ▁in ▁things , ▁in ▁life , ▁in ▁human ▁acts ." ▁Magic ▁real ist ▁writing ▁does ▁not ▁create ▁imag inary ▁cre atures ▁or ▁places ; ▁instead , ▁the ▁writer ▁tries ▁to ▁display ▁" the ▁myster ious ▁relationship ▁between ▁man ▁and ▁his ▁circumstances ". ▁Le al ▁further ▁points ▁out ▁that ▁in ▁magic ▁real ism , ▁" key ▁events ▁have ▁no ▁logical ▁or ▁psych ological ▁explanation . ▁The ▁mag ical ▁real