In Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s short story, “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings: A Tale for Children” uses direct and indirect characterization to portray many different aspects of humanity. The different characters react accordingly and all have their own stereotypical personalities toward the unknown. How could, what was originally imagined as a beautiful creature, an angel, be so odd and powerless? Garcia Marquez portrays the idea of humanity being afraid of distinctive creatures and humanity’s trait of self-indulgence through the precise use of characterization to symbolize the idea. Garcia Marquez clearly shows us how humanity can turn a marvelous gift into a roadside freak-show for personal reward, because humanity fear the unknown. In
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The angel was treated with neglect up until the child woke up feeling well and with the desire to eat. Elisenda then felt “magnanimous” (Garcia Marquez 407) and put the angel on a raft with fresh water to endeavor the high seas. Upon waking up, the couple finds the angel back in the chicken coop with the neighborhood curious of the angel, treating him as he weren’t a “supernatural creature but a circus animal” (Garcia Marquez 407). Elisenda then has an idea to charge the community five cents admission to get access onto the property, with most individuals taunting unknown creature. Garcia Marquez shows us that humans are very selfish. Elisenda never thinks of the angels well-being, but rather her own financial reward for the mysterious creature that the community is intrigued by. Upon Elisenda charging admission, the family then “built a two-story mansion with balconies and gardens and high netting so that crabs wouldn’t get in during the winter” (Garcia Marquez 410) and also showered themselves with new lavish goods. The family never rewarded the angel for their new lifestyle, but left the chicken coop untouched, eventually falling to
The angel was treated with neglect up until the child woke up feeling well and with the desire to eat. Elisenda then felt “magnanimous” (Garcia Marquez 407) and put the angel on a raft with fresh water to endeavor the high seas. Upon waking up, the couple finds the angel back in the chicken coop with the neighborhood curious of the angel, treating him as he weren’t a “supernatural creature but a circus animal” (Garcia Marquez 407). Elisenda then has an idea to charge the community five cents admission to get access onto the property, with most individuals taunting unknown creature. Garcia Marquez shows us that humans are very selfish. Elisenda never thinks of the angels well-being, but rather her own financial reward for the mysterious creature that the community is intrigued by. Upon Elisenda charging admission, the family then “built a two-story mansion with balconies and gardens and high netting so that crabs wouldn’t get in during the winter” (Garcia Marquez 410) and also showered themselves with new lavish goods. The family never rewarded the angel for their new lifestyle, but left the chicken coop untouched, eventually falling to