Old Man With Enormous Wings

Gabriel Garcia Marquez, the author of “A very Old Man with Enormous Wings” tells a story in a small village where life was normal and simple, a very old man with wings was found near Pelayo courtyard. The author narrates how everybody was curious to find out the new event, however, once perceived it was an old, very old man with disintegrated wing and unable to communicate, the old man lost the fame and interest of the villagers. The author of this story is trying to tell us how society as individual and community as a whole is enchained by own expectation and past experience. As a result seldom have a rational approach to understanding unorthodox, unconventional, and something out of our comfort zone. Instead, we have a predisposition to prejudice and label with stigma.
The old man with a wing symbolizes our unprecedented encounter in personal life, social, religious and cultural groups. We perceive only what is in our anticipation with or without pondering. In this story, Pelayo and Elisenda did not much care about the old man until after their child fever is gone. They probably believed the old man is the reason, and spare him some care. The old man's uncanny appearance and strange dialect work against his attention.
Once the rumor of the old man as a captive angel spread, he was a
She figures his visit was to kill Pelayo and Elisenda child, fortunately the storm stopped him according to her. She also believes he is a fugitive in the heavens and deserves to be clubbed to death. Even if her advice did not stand, but she still was on the story named the wise women. But her wisdom did not inspire her to give her coherent point of view but judgment. Often strangers in our community are considered as outsiders, and alienated without getting a chance or choice. Segregation, racism and favoritism are few examples of the symptom of our acting know it