A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings, By Gabriel Garcia Marquez

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In “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez a perfect example of confinement is the Angel. Confinement can be when someone is either emotional or physically trapped in some sort of way. The Angel was said to be “a very old man, lying face in the mud” when he introduced in the story. The people who found him (Pelayo and Elisenda) said his wings were as if they “a huge buzzard wings, dirty and half-plucked that were forever entangled in the mud” (Marquez). Which made it easy for them to drag the Angel and confine him in a chicken coop. Once captured they noticed that his “feathers had been mistreated by terrestrial winds” (Marquez). Since the Angel’s wings were severely damaged it was nearly impossible for him to escape, because he was not able to fly away. All of the Angel’s physical qualities gave Pelayo and Elisenda an advantage to hold him captive for as long as he was vulnerable. While being confined, “the old man was judged as an imposter due to his conditions” (Crown). Nobody thought he could possibly be an angel, which caused them to test his authenticity. So they brought a priest to speak with the angel in Latin tongue. The parish priest had his first impression of an imposter when he saw that he did not understand the language of God or know how to greet His ministers” (Marquez). Communication …show more content…

Pelayo and Elisenda realized that if they charged people to come look at an angel that they could make money, so they kept the Angel locked up (Tornaritis). Which made being confined a whole lot worse for the Angel, because that meant people would be badgering him all day. Not only jus by visiting him but other people would ask the Angel if he could answer questions that they had no answer for. Other people would even ask the Angel if he could do any miracles to save them from any hassles they had. The angel was so physically drained

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In the short story “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” by Gabriel García Márquez, it tells the story of a man named Pelayo and a woman named Elisenda. The couple discovers an old man in the courtyard; however, he’s not like any ordinary old man. This man has enormous wings. The couple asked their neighbor what she thought the man was and she identifies the old man as an angel. The couple then placed him in the chicken coop until Father Gonzaga arrived. Father Gonzaga questioned the old man and established that the man was not an angel. Pelayo and Elisenda decide to keep him caged up and they used him for profit and displayed him to the public like a sideshow attraction. As time passed the old winged man starts to show signs of becoming ill;
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