Note: This essay is based on the first three paragraphs of the novel. The style Esquivel uses to begin this novel can be seen throughout the whole novel, on the very beginning of each chapter. She begins by telling us about food and slowly puts this food into the story to then continue writing about the actual story. Another style the writer uses is the one of communicating and relating to the reader; for example …showed first 75 words of 450 total…

…showed last 75 words of 450 total…The third paragraph contains a magic realism that is found throughout the novel, the ridiculous amounts of tears she produced when crying. The tears were so many that after they evaporated they left behind "enough salt to fill a ten-pound sack". I'm not sure if this crosses the line between magic realism and exaggeration, as the amount of salt left behind is just way too much, not even a new born baby weighs that much.