A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings By Gabriel Garcia Marquez

The short story “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” by Gabriel García Márquez is a very strange, weird and dream like due to the strange characters within the story. I did not like this story and do not know if this story was written as a result of hallucinations induced by drug, alcohol or mental illness. Only other thought I had is this story may have a meaning such as tolerance and acceptance for others, such as a being with wings that could be an angelic or demonic entity, or nothing more than entertainment. The story is labeled as a tale for children and according to Merriam-Webster a tale is defined as a usually imaginative narrative of an event. The setting begins in a gloomy noon hour with the stench and carcasses of dead crabs
Yet as their child began to grow he was allowed to enter the chicken coop with the entity which the parents were weary of. I do not understand why any parent would allow this other than they did believe this was an angel and why would it harm the child. The child and angel both came down with chicken pox. My question to this if this were indeed an angel how would it contract a human ailment? After the family doctor examines the child and gives in to temptation to examine the entity. All the doctor could focus on was why ordinary man could not have wings too. The entity soon regains full health and is able to fly away as Elisenda kept her eyes on it until she could no longer see it in the distance. I do not believe this being was an angel because the Bible does not mention angels having wings, but does mention cherubim having wings. Throughout the scriptures angels are presented and described as ordinary looking men. For example if the two angels described in the following Bible verses had wings how could they be mistaken as
When he saw them, he got up to meet them and bowed down with his face to the ground. 2 “My lords,” he said, “please turn aside to your servant’s house. You can wash your feet and spend the night and then go on your way early in the morning.”
“No,” they answered, “we will spend the night in the square.”
3 But he insisted so strongly that they did go with him and entered his house. He prepared a meal for them, baking bread without yeast, and they ate. 4 Before they had gone to bed, all the men from every part of the city of Sodom—both young and old—surrounded the house. 5 They called to Lot, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us so that we can have sex with them.” Genesis 19:1-5