Disguised Angel
Honestly I have to say that “A Very
Old Man With Enormous Wings: A Tale For Children” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez was
a very odd story. It did catch my
attention, though, and made me want to keep reading, and that’s what a good
story is supposed to do. This story is
about a man who has these huge wings, but no one knows for sure what he
actually is. Furthermore, this man was a
mystery.
Was the very old man an actual
angel? This is one question that popped
into my head after I read the story.
When Father Gonzaga came to the chicken coop to finally see the old man,
he wasn’t for sure whether the man was an angel. Since his feathers were not in top condition,
Father Gonzaga was unsure. Then, when he
found out the old man did not know Latin, the language of God, he was sure the
old man was an imposter. If the man was
not an angel, though, what was he? Maybe
the old man was just an unknown creature who had a very bad past like the woman
who was turned into a spider in the story.
In addition, the old man came to the family of Pelayo and Elisenda.
Was this old man with enormous wings
a disguised angel, or a hidden burden?
Pelayo discovered the man toward the rear of the courtyard, and soon
they decided to put him in the chicken coop.
Ever since people started to find out about this old man, people rushed
in from everywhere. Pelayo and Elisenda
decided to start charging people to see the man with wings five cents. So many came to see the man that in less than
a week they had crammed their rooms with money and people where stilled lined
up to see him. Elisenda hated living
with the angel due to his awful smell, and also because the man was a hassle to
feed and care for. I don’t think Pelayo
and Elisenda realized how much of a blessing this man was. Since they had gotten so much money from him
being famous, they got their dream house.
All in all, the very old man with enormous wings was a big part of their
lives.
I know that “A Very Old Man With
Enormous Wings: A Tale For Children” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez was an odd
story, but it was also a very touching story.
The old man came from nowhere when Pelayo and Elisenda’s child was sick
and the child got better. I think the
man was more of a disguised blessing rather than a hidden burden. Therefore, I believe the old man with wings
was an angel because of the blessings he gave the family.
