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Upon reading the poem “Birches,” by Robert Frost, and the story “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings,” by Garcia Marquez, it becomes apparent to the reader of a common theme between the two selections. There is a very thin line between truth and imagination. ...
Frost writes of the difference between childhood and adulthood when stating “When I see birches bend to the left and right/Across the line of straighter darker trees/I like to think some boy’s been swinging in them/But swinging doesn’t bend them down to stay/Ice storms do that. ... ” This is the contrast of the youthful birches with children playing in them to the dark conforming straight trees. ... ” Truth is realism, or the lack of imagination that explains why birches bend. ... Frost states: “So was I once myself a swinger of birches,” and implies that he is remembering his childhood and wants to go back. ... ” Frost finds the experience of swinging on birches gives one a glimpse of heaven. ...
“A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” includes many aspects which one may describe as magical. In the story, an old man with a very poor set of wings is found and kept as a pet or object of disgrace for several years. The wings were described by the doctor in the story as “so natural on that completely human organism that he couldn’t understand why other men didn’t have them too. ... The fact that the old man had wings is quite unreal on its own, but found to be quite accepted by the characters in the story.
Approximate Word count = 1272
Approximate Pages = 5.1
(250 words per page double spaced)
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