Literature experiment in my life with the wave Octavio Paz's extraordinary story "My life with the wave" talks exactly about what the title states, the life of a man with a body of water. Paz experiments with the norm and takes literature to a higher level (Christ 375). It plays with our imagination from the beginning and leaves us to believe that the man has stolen "a daughter of the sea". These two beings seek to establish a relationship despite their vastly different backgrounds and in doing so take us on a journey of discovery. The way these two characters react to each other represents the friction found in so many types of relationships. This is a love story doomed from the start but meant to be lived. Like so many other wonderful tales of Hispanic cultures, this story blends imaginative events and realism. Just as the filmmakers did in “The Milagro Beanfield War” and “Like Water for Chocolate,” Paz encourages you to believe in the unbelievable. You can almost visualize the wave as a self-contained cubicle of foamy water billowing against invisible walls. There are impossible steps that the male character takes in this story that you can enjoy through your imagination. He calls them “his troubles” (Paz 852). The events surrounding this relationship become his secrets that lead him to alienate himself from the life he might have once had. His relationship with water develops slowly and the strong and passionate character of water is revealed. It is clear that man's problems are directly related to the existence of the wave in his life. Paz presents the wave as real. She is immortal. This is demonstrated when she is left on the train when her man is arrested for smuggling... middle of paper... to end up in the sewers, the wave knows that her fate will sooner or later return. she at the seaside because this is the nature of water. Ever since she escaped from the train's water tank, her life has proven to be cyclical. In this way it is selfish, which is much more similar to the true character of water. Paz takes the reader away from the norm, arriving in a seemingly alternative universe. It demands that the reader take the level of understanding to a higher level (Christ 375). "My Life with the Wave" is a successful literary experiment that celebrates the ability to see the many combinations of relationships in our world. Works Cited Christ, Ronald, CLC, Vol 3. Ed. Carolyn Riley. Detroit, MI: Gale Research, Co., 1975. Paz, Octavio and "My Life with the Wave." The Harper Fiction Anthology. Ed. Silvano Barnet. New York: HarperCollins, 1981.