I wanted to make a comparison regarding the topics of magic and surrealism. In class we covered what is magic and surrealism but generally I wanted to touch more on the concept of magic because in class we briefly talked about the Bible. Although we brought up points for surrealism, I wanted to give an approach or a connection between the belief in magic in the works of Sundiata and the Bible. Magic in Sundiata could be considered something they have faith in and part of the culture mentioned in the story. I wanted to tie that miracles that Jesus performed on many people. Why is magic so believable in a story such as Sundiata but so questionable in documented books like the bible? Magic is used in these works to represent power. An ability that not everyone can do, something that not everyone gets to see. Respectively Magic is used in their own purpose in both of the works but who’s to say that the “miracles” in the Bible isn’t just fictional magic like in Sundiata.

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