Gabriel Garcia Marquez's novel, One Hundred Years of Solitude, is a novel often associated with magical realism. Throughout the novel, the idea of ​​magical realism is promoted through intertextual examples from the Bible. Magical realism is defined as an artistic style in which magical elements or irrational scenarios appear in an otherwise realistic or "normal" setting. The numerous intertextual examples throughout the work refer to outside sources such as the Bible and the tragedians of the Greeks and Romans. These allusions not only strengthen the novel, but further correlate it with the idea of ​​magical realism. Magical realism, as defined by Wendy Faris, contains five key elements that must be present for this component to ring true in a piece of literature. The first key element is that the novel contains “…something that we cannot explain according to the laws of the universe as we know them” (Faris 167). Throughout the novel, several examples are present that make this component true. For example, when the murder of José Arcadia Buendia occurs and his blood flows through the streets to Ursula's house, Marquez writes: "A trickle of blood came out from under the door, crossed the living room, came out into the street, continued in a straight line. line across the uneven terraces, descended the steps and climbed the sidewalks…” (Marquez 144). In reality, readers know that blood cannot travel long distances or climb objects. The accession of Remedios the Beautiful to Heaven is another form in which a particular scene cannot be explained by particular laws as we know them. Marquez writes: "Amaranta felt a mysterious tremor in the lace of her petticoats and she tried to grab the sheet so as not to fall when Remedios la Belle...... middle of paper..... Magical realism is a common theme found in many fiction novels. According to Faris's five key elements, this novel is indeed a story of enchanting pragmatism. The novel's intertextual examples developed through character similarities and real events from the Bible and Greek mythology and tragedies are woven into the novel in such a way that the reader is oblivious to the fact that they actually exist. Magical realism will continue to flourish in many novels to come in the years to come. Works Cited Access Bible, The. New York: Oxford University Press, 2010. Fitzgerald, Robert. Homer translator. The Iliad. Garden City, New York: Anchor Press, 2007. Garcia Marquez, Gabriel. A hundred years of solitude. New York: Harper Perennial, 1998. Zamora, Louis Parkinson, and Wendy Faris. Magical realism: theory, history, community. Durham: Duke University Press, 1995.