Read the excerpt below and answer the question. From that time on, he has continued to hit me on the head with his umbrella. As far as I can tell, he has never either slept or eaten anything. His sole activity consists of hitting me. He is with me in everything I do, even in my most intimate activities. I remember that at first, the blows kept me awake all night. Now I think it would be impossible for me to sleep without them. What literary genre is best illustrated by this excerpt from Sorrentino's "There's a Man in the Habit of Hitting Me on the Head with an Umbrella"? magical realism historical fiction religious parable literary nonfiction

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Cesar Singh

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Read the excerpt below and answer the question. From that time on, he has continued to hit me on the head with his umbrella. As far as I can tell, he has never either slept or eaten anything. His sole activity consists of hitting me. He is with me in everything I do, even in my most intimate activities. I remember that at first, the blows kept me awake all night. Now I think it would be impossible for me to sleep without them. What literary genre is best illustrated by this excerpt from Sorrentino's "There's a Man in the Habit of Hitting Me on the Head with an Umbrella"? magical realism historical fiction religious parable literary nonfiction

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Ana Coleman · Answer 1

I'm gonna say Magical Realism, considering there's no history based text in this story nor is the story in any way connected to a religious parable, and literary non-fiction is based on something more in the realm of true events.