 Magic realist literature tends to read at an intensified level.Taking "One Hundred Years of Solitude", the reader must let go of pre-existing ties to conventional exposition, plot advancement, linear time structure, scientific reason, etc., to strive for a state of heightened awareness of life's connectedness or hidden meanings.Luis Leal articulates this feeling as "to seize the mystery that breathes behind things", and supports the claim by saying a writer must heighten his senses to the point of "estado limite" (translated as "limit state" or "extreme") in order to realize all levels of reality, most importantly that of mystery.