With no fixed
truth to his short story "A Very Old man with Emormous Wings," Gabriel Marquez
complicates readers' efforts to assign explanations and morals to his narrative. Thus, with his
depiction of characters, Marquez, in effect, satirizes the adherence to conventional wisdom,
religious beliefs, and superstition.
Conventional
wisdom
Pelayo and Elisenda, his wife, are initially frightened
by the old man lying face down in mud, impeded by his enormous wings. But, later
They looked at him so long and so closely that....very soon overcame
their surprise and in the end found him very familiar.
Once he is familiar to them, he is part of their world. So, Elisenda decides to charge
admission to see him and make money. When this money-making venture succeeds, she is happy, but
later Elisenda wearies of the old man's presence and wishes him gone because he is no longer
popular.
When the people come to see the old man with enormous wings, they
cannot...
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