The man with enormous wings was treated based off his looks, not the significance of finding an angel. The preconception the villagers had of an angel determined if they would treat him as an helper of God or a bird man, "first suspicion of an imposter when he saw that he did not understand the language of God or know how to greet his ministers." The author relates it to their previous religious beliefs in order to show the selfishness and stubbornness of humans. By not being open minded to what an angel would be like the villagers are portrayed as selfish because they only think about their own beliefs. They treated him this way because he was not what they wanted him to be. An angel may have been standing right in front of them, but they
