1. (T) The couple’s abusive manner toward the angel mirrors society itself when it’s faced with those who are weird or unusual to the rest. Society tends to discriminate against outsiders or the minority, and abandon them unless they take advantage of them like Pelayo and Elisenda did once they found it was possible for them to be rich by making the old man be their own circus act which had put him in a humiliating place. Everyone in this part of the story does not treat the angel like something you’re supposed to take awe in, but more like an aberration. This behavior is not really uncommon among humanity when you think of the historical events that were caused by social discrimination. For example, The Holocaust, Civil War, Crusades, etc. Marquez highlights one of the not so terrific parts of being human and how it’s very common and still present today.
2. (SMI) As you begin reading, the author gives off a very depressing, gloomy mood from the setting. It starts by using pathetic fallacy to describe a three day storm that …show more content…
(LM) “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” was written in 1955, the Modernist period of literature. The story has many components that were different from traditional literature. For example, the narrator is unreliable and the reader can’t simply draw conclusions from the narrator’s perspective. The point of view in this story-third-person omniscient- is different from the traditional literature when you could’ve read what was going on in someone’s mind. Tons of irony is implemented which is part of the Modernist period. The image of an angel is discussed and it challenges one aspect of the Christian Church. At the end it’s a partial happy ending. The angel escapes, but the people in the story fail to recognize the gift they receive which disappoints the reader and displays a dishonorable side to humanity. This is very important for the Modernist period for it was after WWI authors writing began to question the good in
2. (SMI) As you begin reading, the author gives off a very depressing, gloomy mood from the setting. It starts by using pathetic fallacy to describe a three day storm that …show more content…
(LM) “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” was written in 1955, the Modernist period of literature. The story has many components that were different from traditional literature. For example, the narrator is unreliable and the reader can’t simply draw conclusions from the narrator’s perspective. The point of view in this story-third-person omniscient- is different from the traditional literature when you could’ve read what was going on in someone’s mind. Tons of irony is implemented which is part of the Modernist period. The image of an angel is discussed and it challenges one aspect of the Christian Church. At the end it’s a partial happy ending. The angel escapes, but the people in the story fail to recognize the gift they receive which disappoints the reader and displays a dishonorable side to humanity. This is very important for the Modernist period for it was after WWI authors writing began to question the good in