ENG356 Week 8 Discussion (dq1+dq2)

ENG 356 Week 8 Topic 8 DQ 1

In “Madman,” what evidence supports Chinua Achebe’s view that there are different forms and degrees of “madness?”

ENG 356 Week 8 Topic 8 DQ 2

Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s story, “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings,” blends magical realism with a simple, straightforward style of writing. In the story, Marquez incorporates satire, irony, and humor, while also addressing serious and somewhat dark themes and topics. Choose two or three key elements of Marquez’s style (humor, magical realism, irony, satire, metaphor, etc.). How do these literary techniques help him to convey the story’s possible central theme or message?