![]() ![]() ![]() This shows satire whereby straightforward morality stories are accepted as true (as exemplified by the spider-girl) while frailty and complexity (the old man character) is ridiculed (Marquez 448).īy using the two supernatural characters, the writer identifies the misperception of the old man in the town (reality) and ridicules the society’s appreciation of the simpler supernatural explanation of the spider-girl. However, the old man displays a supernatural characteristic: incredible patience despite the cruelty from the people.īy contrast, the spider girl’s status as a spider does not generate much debate: her status being accepted as the result of her disobedience to her parents. In Father Gonzaga’s opinion, the old man does not qualify as an angel because he has neither dignity nor splendor (Marquez 446). The characters in the story regard the old man as a supernatural oddity who appears frail, and this perception raises an endless debate over his status as an angel. “the old man with enormous wings” and the “girl who turned into a spider” (Marquez 446). The story describes two crucial supernatural events viz. It is a story where reality and fantasy are split concerning the reader’s expectations about the angel’s arrival and departure. Although the story is subtitled, “A Tale for Children”, the characters, and the settings are not ordinary. Subsequently, they treat the visitor with cruelty and injustice, which reflects their ignorance. Their superstitious beliefs and wisdom only drives them to making incorrect explanations for the visitor’s presence in the town. As a result, this visitor contradicts the expectations of the town’s inhabitants, and by extension, they are unable to understand the visitor. In many aspects, the visitor appears human and natural, in spite of his extraordinary physique. The town is not like any other common town, and the visiting angel is not an ordinary angel. This story describes an angel visitation into a town. Magical realism, unlike other literary works such as folk tales, ends with no clear moral lessons or truths (Zamora and Faris 79) instead, they present vivid magical stories that frustrate the reader and complicate the reader’s conception of the meaning of events. This style combines imagination and realism, whereby the common real-life events are presented with some elements of fantasy, blurring the reader’s conceptions of magic and reality. The storybook “A very old Man with Enormous Wings”, by Garcia Marquez, is an example of magical realism. ![]()
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