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In "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez the angel, old man, is treated unkindly by the society in which he "falls" in. Pelayo and Elisenda, Pelayos wife, treat the old man as they would treat a poor wonderer at first and then a slave after they begin to exploit the old man. The preacher as well as the rest of the society regard the old man as a "fake" because he gives no reason for his coming and because ho does not represent the stereotypical image of an angel and as a result is diminished to the treatment that of a circus animal, treating him by throwing rocks and tossing him bread crumbs. ... Because of the angels grotesque appearance: "¡there were only a few faded hairs left on his bald skull¡very few teeth¡buzzard wings, dirty and half-plucked were forever entangled in mud¡" (261), Pelayo and Elisenda do not recognize his true form until their next-door neighbor clarifies it.
Approximate Word count = 624
Approximate Pages = 2.5
(250 words per page double spaced)
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