Analysis Of A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings By Gabriel Garcia Marquez

In Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s short story “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings”, there seems to be a theme that is revealed which is surrounded around the thought of people not recognizing a miracle when they see one with their own eyes. In the story, Marquez shares the events of an old man with big angle figured wings. This is the sight of a miracle due to the fact of being in the presences of an angle is quite unbelievable. The characters in the story, Pelayo and Elisenda, have a sick child and one day the couple encounter the miracle of finding the old man with enormous wings. However this might be a miracle but the couple seem to get use to this figure and “…soon [overcome the] surprise and in the end found [the old man with the enormous wings]
familiar” (Marquez 272). The couple soon got use to the old man and then thought he came “…for the child…” because their child started to feel better after the old man appearance (Marquez 272). Then people started to wait “…their turn to enter…” and see the old man and, the couple started to see the old man as something they can make profit out of instead of the blessing the old man gave them for their child. This just shows that the people in town weren’t surprised or recognized the miracle the old man had given Pelayo and Elisenda, instead the people were just interested in seeing the old man themselves. Also, the couple didn’t seem to recognize the miracle the old man gave them for their child even when they witnessed it with their own eyes.