Man With Enormous Wings Thesis
Ahmad Bandukwala
Mr. Brown
Eng102/305
7 April 2016
The Psychological dilemma for the Mistreatment of a Very Old Man The mistreatment of others or a person has been around for thousands of years, but has only recently gained attention because of the media and social media. Society has many reasons for putting people down but the most obvious reasons would have to be from physical deformities that some people have, and cultural backgrounds or race that people come from. In recent years, mistreatment has been more centered on Muslims because of the Isis threat. Many Americans are using stereotypes to define their general distrust in most Muslims. The mistreatment that the Very Old Man with Enormous Wings faces is very similar to the way that the underprivileged groups in today’s society are mistreated by more superior groups. However, in the story “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” the mistreatment is based on the fact that they don’t know what he is. He is different in the fact that he has wings and he is capable of flight, but the townspeople don’t see him that way. They look at him has another animal or …show more content…
In this article Goodwin explains the similarities between “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” and “Bambara’s The Lesson.” Goodwin further talks about how social commentaries play a role in both stories interpretation of culture. Goodwin also talks about how the townspeople in Garcia story can be seen as the Columbian people and how the Old man is seen as religion. In “The Lesson”, it talks about African Americans during the Harlem period and their reaction to culture. This source is full of great information like the one that I just mentioned that could very useful to my research paper. I trust that this source is credible because it comes from the Academic Search premier and the author is really formal in his
Mr. Brown
Eng102/305
7 April 2016
The Psychological dilemma for the Mistreatment of a Very Old Man The mistreatment of others or a person has been around for thousands of years, but has only recently gained attention because of the media and social media. Society has many reasons for putting people down but the most obvious reasons would have to be from physical deformities that some people have, and cultural backgrounds or race that people come from. In recent years, mistreatment has been more centered on Muslims because of the Isis threat. Many Americans are using stereotypes to define their general distrust in most Muslims. The mistreatment that the Very Old Man with Enormous Wings faces is very similar to the way that the underprivileged groups in today’s society are mistreated by more superior groups. However, in the story “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” the mistreatment is based on the fact that they don’t know what he is. He is different in the fact that he has wings and he is capable of flight, but the townspeople don’t see him that way. They look at him has another animal or …show more content…
In this article Goodwin explains the similarities between “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” and “Bambara’s The Lesson.” Goodwin further talks about how social commentaries play a role in both stories interpretation of culture. Goodwin also talks about how the townspeople in Garcia story can be seen as the Columbian people and how the Old man is seen as religion. In “The Lesson”, it talks about African Americans during the Harlem period and their reaction to culture. This source is full of great information like the one that I just mentioned that could very useful to my research paper. I trust that this source is credible because it comes from the Academic Search premier and the author is really formal in his