A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings
Sometimes it takes a different perspective for someone to see the reality of how things are handled, and Marquez’s insights into the way "Mainstream Religion" has dragged God and Christianity through the mud to the point of non-recognition. This is illustrated by Pelayo and Elisenda’s not even seeing the wings in the beginning. My end goal here is to bring out this wonderful story’s points and compare them to mainstream religion’s fallacies.The description of the weather when the Angel is found very vividly paints a picture of the mood in Pelayo’s house that day. "The world had been sad since Tuesday." Is the text, while Elisenda had been nursing a sick child that they feared might die. The sea and sky had come together in a foreboding leaden gray that squeezed all hope from anyone subjected to it. The sea itself, seen as a life giving, sustenance providing entity, has risen up to threaten a helpless child to Elisenda. The crabs that provided food and retail value, are now a cause for the child’s sickness. The neighbor woman even says the Angel must have been coming for the child. This shows how the thought processes were turning in reverse.
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Approximate Word count = 2659
Approximate Pages = 11 (250 words per page double spaced)
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