Less Hocus-Pocus & More Focus-Focus
The story A Very Old Man With Wings: A Tale For Children offers mysticism, little con-flict, and even less insight. Often we have no understanding of any given characters feelings, mo-tives, or intentions. A majority of the story consists of the narrator mentioning seemingly mean-ingless bits of information. The writer too often loses focus of the story for one reason or another. A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings: A Tale for Children by Garcia Marquez is written in third person, which offers no insight and greatly affects the way in which readers perceive the short story.
What we understand as the reader is heavily based off of what the narrator allows us to understand. Instead of inviting us into the minds of the story’s characters, the narrator strays from the story and goes into great detail on, what appears to be, unimportant aspects of the story. The part of the story that frequently mentions the church is a fine example. Why do we have to know that, “before becoming a priest, [Father Gonzaga] had been a robust woodcutter” (Marquez 2)? Knowing that Father Gonzaga was a robust woodcutter before he became a priest is useless information in the grand scheme of things. Marquez then goes on to list the reasons why the mail from the priest to Rome is taking so long. The author …show more content…
It makes the story hard to relate to, the conflict seems mundane or non-existent, and the ending leaves the reader feeling unsatisfied. Too often Garcia Marquez strays from the story and this greatly inhibits the readers ability to digest and analyze the story. A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings: A Tale for Chil-dren by Garcia Marquez is written in third person, offers mysticism, little conflict, and even less insight which tremendously affects the way in which readers perceive the
The story A Very Old Man With Wings: A Tale For Children offers mysticism, little con-flict, and even less insight. Often we have no understanding of any given characters feelings, mo-tives, or intentions. A majority of the story consists of the narrator mentioning seemingly mean-ingless bits of information. The writer too often loses focus of the story for one reason or another. A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings: A Tale for Children by Garcia Marquez is written in third person, which offers no insight and greatly affects the way in which readers perceive the short story.
What we understand as the reader is heavily based off of what the narrator allows us to understand. Instead of inviting us into the minds of the story’s characters, the narrator strays from the story and goes into great detail on, what appears to be, unimportant aspects of the story. The part of the story that frequently mentions the church is a fine example. Why do we have to know that, “before becoming a priest, [Father Gonzaga] had been a robust woodcutter” (Marquez 2)? Knowing that Father Gonzaga was a robust woodcutter before he became a priest is useless information in the grand scheme of things. Marquez then goes on to list the reasons why the mail from the priest to Rome is taking so long. The author …show more content…
It makes the story hard to relate to, the conflict seems mundane or non-existent, and the ending leaves the reader feeling unsatisfied. Too often Garcia Marquez strays from the story and this greatly inhibits the readers ability to digest and analyze the story. A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings: A Tale for Chil-dren by Garcia Marquez is written in third person, offers mysticism, little conflict, and even less insight which tremendously affects the way in which readers perceive the