Compare and Contrast Theater, Poetry and Fiction
Jaysen Evans
Mr. Grant
English 102 B03
August 1, 2014
Compare and Contrasting Three Literary Texts A tragedy is defined as beginning with a problem that affects everyone. It could affect the whole town or all the characters involved. In the story, “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” written by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, the angel-like man is faced with the struggle of being used to make profit. The character in the play, “Endgame” written by Samuel Beckett, has survived a nuclear and depends on one another to stay alive. In the poem, “London” written by William Blake, the city of London and its people is being controlled by the government that mistreats its citizens. This paper will show the similarities and differences each story and its effects of tragedy. In the story, “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings”, Marquez tells the story of an angel-like man who falls from the sky into the courtyard of Pelayo and Elisenda. The angel-like man is seen when the couple is out in the courtyard disposing crabs. They believe the odor from the crabs is causing their newborn to become ill. Pelayo sees something from a distance and hear sounds of moaning. The author writes, “He had to go very lose to see that it was an old man, a very old man, lying face down in the mud, who, in spite of his tremendous efforts, couldn’t get up, impeded by his enormous wings” (638). At first, they describe him as a ragpicker with little to no hair. They had no clue what he is so, they called the neighbor woman to evaluate the man. She says, “He’s an angel. He must have been coming for the child, but the poor fellow is so old that the rain knocked him down” (639). She suggests they should kill the angel-like man. Instead of killing the man, they place him into their chicken coop. Later that night, their child awakes without a fever and gains his appetite. Acknowledging this, the couple rejoices and decides to put the angel on a raft and send him out to sea with food and drinks for three
Mr. Grant
English 102 B03
August 1, 2014
Compare and Contrasting Three Literary Texts A tragedy is defined as beginning with a problem that affects everyone. It could affect the whole town or all the characters involved. In the story, “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” written by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, the angel-like man is faced with the struggle of being used to make profit. The character in the play, “Endgame” written by Samuel Beckett, has survived a nuclear and depends on one another to stay alive. In the poem, “London” written by William Blake, the city of London and its people is being controlled by the government that mistreats its citizens. This paper will show the similarities and differences each story and its effects of tragedy. In the story, “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings”, Marquez tells the story of an angel-like man who falls from the sky into the courtyard of Pelayo and Elisenda. The angel-like man is seen when the couple is out in the courtyard disposing crabs. They believe the odor from the crabs is causing their newborn to become ill. Pelayo sees something from a distance and hear sounds of moaning. The author writes, “He had to go very lose to see that it was an old man, a very old man, lying face down in the mud, who, in spite of his tremendous efforts, couldn’t get up, impeded by his enormous wings” (638). At first, they describe him as a ragpicker with little to no hair. They had no clue what he is so, they called the neighbor woman to evaluate the man. She says, “He’s an angel. He must have been coming for the child, but the poor fellow is so old that the rain knocked him down” (639). She suggests they should kill the angel-like man. Instead of killing the man, they place him into their chicken coop. Later that night, their child awakes without a fever and gains his appetite. Acknowledging this, the couple rejoices and decides to put the angel on a raft and send him out to sea with food and drinks for three