His story is about an old man who washed up to the beach where Pelayo lived. The frail old man was different because he had wings. He was treated like a circus freak. The village people and all the people who came to see him from far away considered him a freak and had absolute no compassion towards him. He spoke a language which the priest Father Gonzaga did not understand. The Father then thought he was much too human and did not understand Latin (which is considered the language of god). According to the Father’s understanding the old man failed to measure up the angel’s proud dignity. (Marquez, G.G, 1955) A preconceived notion about people is what creates differences among us. A totalitarian regime would seek out people who are of a different race than what is considered pure, different skin color, sexual orientation, gender, religion, etc. and create a divide. Wars are started, people are killed in every part of the world because of any of the above reasons. Hate is spreading. Today people think it is okay to bully someone who is different. They lack empathy. Marquez would suggest to stop spreading hate because someone looks different or speaks a different dialect does not mean they are not living creatures. They deserve respect and above all compassion. If we as a race of human beings would stop hate and spread love, war wouldn’t happen. Whatever be our sex, race, color, national origin or religion we are all humans. We need to respect life. In Marquez’s story a single story about an angel was believed where they are gorgeous, majestic beings. No one was willing to look beyond that single story. Same way today people believe “All Muslims are Terrorists”. No one wants to examine these words. It creates fear to think an entire religion could be terrorists in disguise. Marquez would suggests look beyond the single story, it is not feasible that every Muslim man woman and child is a
His story is about an old man who washed up to the beach where Pelayo lived. The frail old man was different because he had wings. He was treated like a circus freak. The village people and all the people who came to see him from far away considered him a freak and had absolute no compassion towards him. He spoke a language which the priest Father Gonzaga did not understand. The Father then thought he was much too human and did not understand Latin (which is considered the language of god). According to the Father’s understanding the old man failed to measure up the angel’s proud dignity. (Marquez, G.G, 1955) A preconceived notion about people is what creates differences among us. A totalitarian regime would seek out people who are of a different race than what is considered pure, different skin color, sexual orientation, gender, religion, etc. and create a divide. Wars are started, people are killed in every part of the world because of any of the above reasons. Hate is spreading. Today people think it is okay to bully someone who is different. They lack empathy. Marquez would suggest to stop spreading hate because someone looks different or speaks a different dialect does not mean they are not living creatures. They deserve respect and above all compassion. If we as a race of human beings would stop hate and spread love, war wouldn’t happen. Whatever be our sex, race, color, national origin or religion we are all humans. We need to respect life. In Marquez’s story a single story about an angel was believed where they are gorgeous, majestic beings. No one was willing to look beyond that single story. Same way today people believe “All Muslims are Terrorists”. No one wants to examine these words. It creates fear to think an entire religion could be terrorists in disguise. Marquez would suggests look beyond the single story, it is not feasible that every Muslim man woman and child is a