Gabriel García Márquez's short story "A Very Old Man... supernatural and the conventions of human experience. Marquez connects the realms of magic and the physical universe in such a way that the characters and the reader must struggle to break down the meanings that encompass the juxtaposed reality within the story. Although Garcia Marquez presents a negative view of humanity by emphasizing humanity's lack of logic and knowledge, he cites the lack of compassion as an even worse flaw. In 1948, Colombia was plagued by social and economic problems, and at the same time plagued by social and economic problems. in a political feud between the country's two traditional parties, the liberals and the conservatives, which led to a ten-year civil war dividing the country in two; which was later called “La Violencia” and resulted in at least 200,000 deaths. (Colombia) With the division of the nation, both socially and politically, the morality of the people was lost and the idea of the natural man was visible everywhere. Gabriel Garcia Marquez expresses the corruption of the people of his time through his short story “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings”. The story begins with the father of the family, Pelayo, killing a lot of crabs in his family's house and coming upon an old man lying face down in the mud. After asking a wise neighbor, they come to the conclusion that this man is an angel. However, this is no ordinary angel, Marquez distorts the usual mythological perception of angels who are normally seen as beautiful and majestic winged creatures, and instead describes the old man as being "dressed like a rag picker, Ther... .... middle of paper ......th American population of Colombia, a fate from which they have not yet recovered to this day (Britannica) which resembles the way sacred candles wound the Angel who is a symbol and representation of the people of Marquez; .In general, the Colombian natives did not respond to Christianity because it was a foreign concept to them, just like how the Angel does not respond to the attention of the priests because of its foreignness. It should be obvious that the Angel is locked in a world. caged and too weak to do anything. This may be related to the oppressed Colombian people who, after so many years of coercion, were too weak to change their status in society (Leech) The Angel is trapped until he has enough strength to leave. just like the Colombians, they had no voice in the government and did not even have the strength to stand up and express an opinion. (Leech)

Essay / Gabriel García Márquez's short story "A Very Old Man... supernatural and the conventions of human experience. Marquez connects the realms of magic and the physical universe in such a way that the characters and the reader must struggle to break down the meanings that encompass the juxtaposed reality within the story. Although Garcia Marquez presents a negative view of humanity by emphasizing humanity's lack of logic and knowledge, he cites the lack of compassion as an even worse flaw. In 1948, Colombia was plagued by social and economic problems, and at the same time plagued by social and economic problems. in a political feud between the country's two traditional parties, the liberals and the conservatives, which led to a ten-year civil war dividing the country in two; which was later called “La Violencia” and resulted in at least 200,000 deaths. (Colombia) With the division of the nation, both socially and politically, the morality of the people was lost and the idea of the natural man was visible everywhere. Gabriel Garcia Marquez expresses the corruption of the people of his time through his short story “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings”. The story begins with the father of the family, Pelayo, killing a lot of crabs in his family's house and coming upon an old man lying face down in the mud. After asking a wise neighbor, they come to the conclusion that this man is an angel. However, this is no ordinary angel, Marquez distorts the usual mythological perception of angels who are normally seen as beautiful and majestic winged creatures, and instead describes the old man as being "dressed like a rag picker, Ther... .... middle of paper ......th American population of Colombia, a fate from which they have not yet recovered to this day (Britannica) which resembles the way sacred candles wound the Angel who is a symbol and representation of the people of Marquez; .In general, the Colombian natives did not respond to Christianity because it was a foreign concept to them, just like how the Angel does not respond to the attention of the priests because of its foreignness. It should be obvious that the Angel is locked in a world. caged and too weak to do anything. This may be related to the oppressed Colombian people who, after so many years of coercion, were too weak to change their status in society (Leech) The Angel is trapped until he has enough strength to leave. just like the Colombians, they had no voice in the government and did not even have the strength to stand up and express an opinion. (Leech)

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