Tuesday, May 14, 2019

What are the major conflicts in the short story "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings"? What point of view does the author use?

The
narrative point of view of this story is
third person. More specifically, the story is third
person omniscient. This
means that the narrator is essentially looking down at all characters
from a
"god-like" perspective. Readers can get insights into multiple characters
from
this perspective without having to have the characters say or do
anything. The narrative point
of view is limited in one aspect as well.
Readers do not get any views of what the old man with
wings is thinking
about. He remains as much of a mystery to readers as he does to the people in

the story.

The conflict in this story is very unique. There seems to
be a
conflict ready to happen between the old man and the people, but that
conflict never develops.
The old man doesn't harm the people or struggle
against them. He is passive. You could say that
the old man does have a
conflict with himself. His main struggle is to regain strength and
escape. I
would say that the main conflict present in this story is an
internal...

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