The movie and the novel The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende reveal a few magical realistic elements, and both share a similar plot. Allende shows some magic realism with Clara having psychic abilities, which is also revealed in the movie. However Allende was unsuccessful in making Clara’s ability any special. In the text, Esteban is shown going around and raping all of women on his property, this is different from the movie were he rapes once as opposed to many. Allende portrays Esteban as a harsh and ruthless character, where as in the movie he appears less cruel.A few characters were taken out from the movie, such as Barabas, which creates a magical realist effect of the fusion of time. The movie appeares to show very little magic realism, and some minor plots did not show up such as when the earthquake crushes Esteban’s bones, and having Pedro operate on him. Overall, Allende seems like she wants to create a magical realism story based on what happened in Chile and how the revolution took place in her point of view. However the book focused more on the plot than the magic realism effect.
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