Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s story, which was published in 1968, tells of the appearance of an angel in a couple’s courtyard. This story shows that there can be good and evil as well as not judging a book by its’ cover. Marquez shows that the appearance of the angel is not what many think of when thinking of angels. Many have the picture in their mind that angels are beautiful, white and feathery creatures. The angel in this story is anything but the images of angels that we typically see. This story shows that although what was thought of as a bad omen of the angel coming for the child turns into a blessing for the family, although possibly not with the best of intentions.
The Angel Arrives
When the angel landed in the courtyard, Pelayo, …show more content…
2) to look over the angel. They were seeking advice as to what should be done with the creature. After taking one look the neighbor stated "He's an angel…He must have been coming for the child, but the poor fellow is so old that the rain knocked him down." (Marquez, 1968, para. 3) Her observation and advise was to put the angel to death as they were considered to be “fugitive survivors of a spiritual conspiracy”. (Marquez, 1968, para. 4) While the neighbor saw evil in the arrival of the angel, Pelayo and Elisenda took pity on the angel and watched over him. They gave him shelter in their chicken coop. A short time after the arrival of the angel, and with the couple still removing crabs from the courtyard, the small child’s fever broke and “with a desire to eat”. (Marquez, 1968, para. …show more content…
Arriving in town was one such show that had a girl that was turned into a spider for not following the rules of her parents. The spider girl was very open to her visitors “full of so much human truth and with such a fearful lesson, was bound to defeat without even trying that of a haughty angel who scarcely deigned to look at mortals.” (Marquez, 1968, para. 10) Very few miracles were attributed to the angel, with a blind man growing three teeth or the leper “whose sores sprouted sunflowers” (Marquez, 1968, para. 10) and many lost interest in the angel due to the lack of granting the requests of the many
The Angel Arrives
When the angel landed in the courtyard, Pelayo, …show more content…
2) to look over the angel. They were seeking advice as to what should be done with the creature. After taking one look the neighbor stated "He's an angel…He must have been coming for the child, but the poor fellow is so old that the rain knocked him down." (Marquez, 1968, para. 3) Her observation and advise was to put the angel to death as they were considered to be “fugitive survivors of a spiritual conspiracy”. (Marquez, 1968, para. 4) While the neighbor saw evil in the arrival of the angel, Pelayo and Elisenda took pity on the angel and watched over him. They gave him shelter in their chicken coop. A short time after the arrival of the angel, and with the couple still removing crabs from the courtyard, the small child’s fever broke and “with a desire to eat”. (Marquez, 1968, para. …show more content…
Arriving in town was one such show that had a girl that was turned into a spider for not following the rules of her parents. The spider girl was very open to her visitors “full of so much human truth and with such a fearful lesson, was bound to defeat without even trying that of a haughty angel who scarcely deigned to look at mortals.” (Marquez, 1968, para. 10) Very few miracles were attributed to the angel, with a blind man growing three teeth or the leper “whose sores sprouted sunflowers” (Marquez, 1968, para. 10) and many lost interest in the angel due to the lack of granting the requests of the many