In the
short story "A Very Old Man With
Enormous Wings" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, a filthy
old man with huge damaged
wings is swept into a family's yard by a violent rainstorm. Although a
neighbor woman claims that the old man is an angel, the father of the family imprisons
him in
the chicken coop in the yard. After their child recovers from an
illness, the parents consider
releasing the old man and helping him on his
way, but then they realize that the people of the
village are fascinated by
him. From then on, they treat him like a circus attraction and charge
admission for people to look at him.
Most of the people
treat
the...
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