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4 pages in length. There are many important life lessons to be learned in A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. The story tells of an angel who comes to a small, South American town masked as a broken-down, old man and describes the way the townspeople mistreat him because of his appearance and seemingly undeveloped sense of humanity. Because the people refused to look beyond the angel's tattered clothes and missing teeth, they did not allow themselves to find out the real meaning behind the old man's visit. The writer addresses several points within the story: the fearful lesson of the angel's story; how the spider woman compares with human truth; how the story teaches a lesson about life; and how human nature is represented through events and characters in the story. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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South American town masked as a broken-down, old man and describes the way the townspeople mistreat him because of his appearance and seemingly undeveloped sense of humanity. Because the
people refused to look beyond the angels tattered clothes and missing teeth, they did not allow themselves to find out the real meaning behind the old mans visit.
The fearful lesson of the angels story reflects how society looks upon those who are different than what is considered normal. The angels appearance
was not acceptable to Pelayo and Elisenda, whose ignorant actions represent how people treat others who do not fit into societys specific mold. Even though the man posed no
threat to anyone in the town, his presence was still considered an annoyance merely because he looked and acted in a different way than everyone else. Judgment had been
passed on the angel without there ever being a reason for it. Society chases away many angels like this old man, and they
never realize that their fear is what actually makes them act in ignorance. People can be cruel when they are confronted with things they do not understand; it is
an inborn defense reaction that helps to keep the offensive individual at a safe distance. This is just what the townspeople did to the old man, even though he
asked nothing of them and, in fact, came to their home with the ability to make magical things happen. They were never to know this, however, because they never
took down their invisible wall of protection. Marquez story compares with the human truth of the spider woman in that it demonstrates how
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