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A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings Analysis
Throughout the story of “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings”, the setting takes place in the courtyard of husband Pelayo and wife Elisenda’s house. It is close to the end of the week in reference of, “On the third day of rain…The world has been sad since Tuesday” when Pelayo finds the old man during the storm and it is clear that they live near a coast, due to all the crabs Pelayo has now killed and has thrown back to into the sea. In spite of the fact that the genre of the story is magical realism, the location of Pelayo and Elisenda’s house is untold, but they must live in a small town since word spread fast, “On the following day everyone knew that a flesh-and-blood angel was held captive in Pelayo’s house.” The author mentions twice, “in
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