A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings –
Questions
Why does the angel appear in the form of a very
old man?
o His appearance is not what the reader is
expecting
because most of the angles in
Fairytale story are usually considered
to be
young and good looking. It more like saying. That
most of us have the vision of how angles should
look like.
- tests the treatment of people
-shows that angles can comes in unexpected forms
2. Why is the angel described as speaking like a
Norwegian sailor?
They described him like that because , he
twisted his tongue like an Norwegian man
and he looked like a Norwegian man that sounded
like a sailer when he spoke.
3. To what extent, if any, does it matter whether
Pelayo’s guest is an angel? Explain.
O
the angles was of use to them because
he
brought for them wealth and they become
rich
because of him, and he also
made the story
interesting
4. What does the villagers treatment of the angel
reveal about them?
The village did not care if he was an angel, all
did not was treat him like animal like some type
1.
of strange creatures, this shows how they are in
ignorant and cannot figure how to act in front
of a person that is beyond their knowledge
5. Why does the angel spend so many years with
Pelayo’s family?
Because he was wounded and could not fly back
, but once he got better he went back to were he
come from
6. What is significant about the abilities and the
inabilities of the angel?
o People tend to overlook a person's skills in
favour of focusing on their shortcomings. The
villagers tested the angel, focusing on its
incapacity to act like an angel rather than his
ability to seem like one.
7. What do we learn about humans from the
villagers’ fascination with the spider-maiden?
o Humans believe that everything is a game. When
something becomes uninteresting, people toss it
aside and search for something more intriguing to
embrace. That would be the spider-maiden in this
story.
8. How does the author use irony (the incongruity
between what appears to be and what actually is)
in this story?
o The angel appears to be an angel in the sense
that it has wings, but upon closer inspection, it
appears to be a person with withered feathers
9. Do you find the story primarily humorous or
sad? Which do you think Garcia Marquez intends the
story to be? Why?
O The story is primarily sad because of how the
angel was treated because he was an old man rather
than a good looking man , García also intended
it to be sad because was the angel was tread was
nor fair and if you were an angle you could not
be happy if people treaded you that way even
though you look like an old women or men
10. Given the subject matter, why do you suppose
the story is subtitled “A Tale For Children”? How
is that an appropriate subtitle?
o The subtitle of this narrative is "A Story for
Children," which leads us to infer that it is
written for young adults. And the plot does have
a children's book vibe to it. It has fascinating
animals, is short and charming, and appears to
offer a moral message.