Earl Geraldson D. de Leon LITEPOP BSAC02 2/16/2021 A very old man with wings: Answers to the questions 1. What are some details in lines 15–24 that help you imagine what the old man looks like? - Some of the lines where about how he looked like a ragpicker, a few hairs on his head, few teeth in his mouth, and his wings were covered in mud. 2. What has happened in the story so far? - Everyone knew that an Angel had come to Pelayo’s house. 3. Pause after line 41. Why do you think people have these reactions to the man with the wings? - They are looking at something strange and bizarre. Considering the things, Man has always been curious. 4. Elisenda decides to charge people money to see the angel. Do you think this is ironic? Why? - How would it be ironic? It is the nature of wickedness and greed that had overcome Elisenda. The ‘angel’ was in bad shape and was not fed anything proper and was not cleaned nor taken care of properly yet still Elisenda charged for people to see him. There is no irony but there is however corruption and evilness. 5. Re-read lines 83–89. What is ironic, or unexpected, about the questions from Rome? How is the irony mocking? - Rome had thought the report was of a madman or a zealot. That it had been rumors and only hallucinations of someone who has gone insane. 6. Examine context clues to come up with a definition for paralyzed. Write your definition below. - The definition would be that his legs would not move. Moreover, it would possibly be from nerve failure or muscle weakness. 7. The angel’s miracles are funny. How are they ironic— the opposite of what you might expect miracles to be? - Miracles do not come to us as what we need them to be. They are suddenly there without cause nor effect. The phenomenon itself is deemed unpredictable and only humans can put meaning of it on this earth. 8. Now that you have read the whole story, did you enjoy the author’s use of magic realism? How did the author’s use of elements of fantasy add to the story? - The story has no cohesion whatsoever. There were no resolutions and the questions I held only lead to more questions. If I was to bluntly say, it is a sorry excuse for a story and one should try and avoid it if one does not wish to stay up late at night pondering what many of the symbolisms might be.
