The story of A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings by Gabriel Marquez presents an array of characters. Marquez distracts away from the main character, the angel, by mentioning so many characters but at the same time shines a theoretical light on the angel. The most interesting question is not that of why the narrator mentions so many others but why these characters treat the angel in such a horrid manner. Many factors lead to why exactly such evil practices ridicule the angel such as human doubt by high officials, greed, and the monotony of life.
At first, they believed the man to be a “..a lonely castaway from some foreign shipwrecked by the storm” but they decided to bring in a woman who lived next door and was all knowing about the world and its afterlife.[221] Marquez writes that the neighborly women tells them “he’s an angel”. The angels presence is a bit frightening considering he just …show more content…
[221] Before they were able to desert the angel they found quite the following gathered around the chicken coop where they had stashed the angel.The crowd surrounding the angel treated him as that of a “circus animal” [221] instead of a gift from the heavens. A priest quizzed the fallen winged man and threatened the amused crowd to not believe that the angel was as such. Many were coming from afar to glance at him as a freakshow star than as an angel. The continued to torture him, burning him, and stoning him. He would sit there with tears in his eyes. Finally the turmoil seized once the minor miracles that were attributed to the angel occurred. His reputation was now just mere mockery and boring. The actions of these characters that come to tease the angel prove that something fantastic and unworldly is merely for our entertainment until we bore with
At first, they believed the man to be a “..a lonely castaway from some foreign shipwrecked by the storm” but they decided to bring in a woman who lived next door and was all knowing about the world and its afterlife.[221] Marquez writes that the neighborly women tells them “he’s an angel”. The angels presence is a bit frightening considering he just …show more content…
[221] Before they were able to desert the angel they found quite the following gathered around the chicken coop where they had stashed the angel.The crowd surrounding the angel treated him as that of a “circus animal” [221] instead of a gift from the heavens. A priest quizzed the fallen winged man and threatened the amused crowd to not believe that the angel was as such. Many were coming from afar to glance at him as a freakshow star than as an angel. The continued to torture him, burning him, and stoning him. He would sit there with tears in his eyes. Finally the turmoil seized once the minor miracles that were attributed to the angel occurred. His reputation was now just mere mockery and boring. The actions of these characters that come to tease the angel prove that something fantastic and unworldly is merely for our entertainment until we bore with