Magical realism is a form of literature described by Stephen M. Hart (305) as evolving within Latin American cultures, focused in part on the attempt to understand the reality of one's existence within a world that is chaotic and from which one can be disconnected. Paul Coelho's (135) The Alchemist fits within this genre and features a travelling shepherd boy who tells the Alchemist he encounters that
"My Heart Is Afraid that it will have to suffer," the boy told the alchemist one night as they looked up at the moonless sky." Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself". The text has been criticized for its use of clichés drawn from earlier and more profound and moving works within the genre of magical realism (May 1) and lauded for its abilit
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