Write a book review on “The Toad’s Mouth” and “The Mango Tree” by Allende
Read Allende’s The Toad’s Mouth and TWO other stories from Beneath the Mango TreeThe response should include reference to the way magical realism is incorporated into the work and how it bears meaning to the author’s story design and meaning. Consider how the certain cultural and political events in Latin America, (such as the “disappeared” who were taken by the government to be tortured and killed and whose bodies were never returned to their families) could be linked to the latin american narrative tradition of magical realism and reliance on the spirit world.
