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The Very Old Man With Enormous Wings Analysis
People living in Latin America often live a lifestyle of poverty and constant suffering, leaving families in the depths of despair with very little hope. In the short story The Very Old Man With Enormous Wings, by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, the family of Pelayo and Elisenda are poverty stricken and have a very ill son. Pelayo and Elisenda have no source of income to nurture the son until the family discovers a very old, sickly man on the beach with enormous, damaged wings on his back. In this situation, the family, and townspeople in general, cannot recognize the miracle that is right in front of their eyes. Humans have a hard time accepting the unknown out of fear which results in violence and control. Looks can be deceiving, because although
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