Magical realism is a literary technique in which the ordinary and mundane are blended with the extraordinary and magical in a realistic setting in which everything appears to be ordinary. The usage of this literary device dates back to the early 20th century, and the "el boom" in Latin American literature helped Latin American authors gain greater international recognition for their use of the magical realism in their storytelling from the 1950s to the 1970s. Around this time, the Chilean author Isabel Allende made a name for herself in the realm of magical realism by publishing The House of the Spirits, which won her recognition on a global scale. In The House of the spirits, Isabel Allende uses magical realism to illustrate feminism issues related to patriarchal oppression while also including themes of Latin American identity, political oppression, and their representation. This paper aims to explore the usage of magical realism in Allende's novel The House of the Spirits by drawing on Wendy B. Faris' five characteristics of magical realism: the irreducible element; the phenomenal world; the unsettling doubts; the merging of realms; and the disruptions of time, space, and identity.