A Very Old Man's Purpose
"A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings", by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, is written from the point of view of an unknown narrator. The narrator details the events within the story from an outside perspective. Although there are some benefits to this point of view such as the knowledge of everything going on in the story, it fails to provide further detail on a character's emotions or reasoning behind an action. This blog post attempts to reimagine the events of "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings", but from the perspective of the supposed angel and with a focus on the angel's relationship with the child of Pelayo and Elisenda. It was a rainy day. The skies were filled with dark and gloomy clouds, saturated and drooping with heavy raindrops. The angel, an old man sent by the heavens, descended upon the small town by the sea. His wings towered over his tiny frame and although an angel, they appeared more buzzard-like, dirty and half-plucked. The old man's ap...