A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings, By Gabriel Garcia Marquez

After reading A very old man with enormous wings by Gabriel García Márquez . I realized how fragile, cruel and selfish human beings are. Human has different sides, it may be pure or good and evil or selfishness. The novel demonstrates different social class, it explores a dark side of human nature, the abuses of power. Humanity is ugly, when a person has power and status they will become selfish and this is nature. In the story the old man with his human body but with a mysterious big and enormous wings , as wings represents power, speed, freedom and purity. In the bible angels often considered as beautiful winged creature, however in García Márquez point of view the angel inside the story convey disease, sickness, fragile and age. As it
However Pelayo keeps him safe in his chicken coop and feels that he should take some responsibilities for him. I am kind of angry when I saw how other people bully the old man, being tortured by other villagers but he feels nothing and helps Elisenda to earn money for living. At last, the old man recovers as he flew away. Elisenda watches him fly away and realize that something important in her life has left her forever, what’s left is sorrow and forgiveness. I think forgiveness is the most powerful love in earth, even though we make mistakes, as long as we make amends and move through life with a pure heart, we can be forgiven and achieve redemption. In the story, two major characters the old man and the spider woman are viewed as freak of nature. Father Gonzaga thinks that he is not an angel despite to the fact that he was cooped in a chicken cage. They are biased, and believe that the old man does not possess the dignity what people expect from angels. I think what García Márquez wants to brings up the message to us is, he invites us to consider that the human qualities in life, the old man's mystery, strangeness, and