A_Collection_of_Atrocities_Stemmed_from_Human_Short_Sight

A Collection of Atrocities Stemmed from Human Short Sight A Collection of Atrocities stemmed from human short sight “ A very old man with enormous wings” is a story written by Gabriel Garcia Marquez in 1955. There are a number of similarities between the area in which Marquez lived as a young boy and were he sets up his story. In both instances, there is a small coastal town and not a lot of wealth. Many of his stories seem to deal with life in an isolated environment, physically or emotionally; this might be a reflection of his childhood days. Marquez uses the angel to represent Jesus though the cruelty of the townspeople, the disbelief in the holiness of his deity, and the miracles that he performs. First, Marquez focuses on the cruelty that is inflicted upon the angel. This is illustrated by the fact that “… he dragged him out of the mud and locked him up with the hens in the wire chicken coop.” This is not the behavior that is typically thought to be acceptable when greeting strangers and certainly not the prescribed treatment for angels. However, this seems to be friendly behavior compared to what the town folk are willing to force upon God’s angel, jesus, marquez, , people, man, upon, miracles, however, way, very, two, seems, might, human, holiness, god, father, days, both, being, angels, while, treatment, townspeople, town, thought, though, story, spit, son, sight, short, represent, rather, priests, possible, performs, parish, life, leprosy, inflicted, including, illustrated, heal, greet, fire, fact, endure, disbelief, cruelty