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A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings, By Gabriel Garcia Marquez

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Five years from now I want to remember my own personal convictions as I read “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” and how appalled I was by the reaction of Pelayo, Elisena, the on lookers and specifically Father Gonzaga. The lack of human compassion to treat others as we would want them to treat us under the same circumstances is carried through each interaction with the very old winged man. Author Gabriel Garcia Marquez uses the plot summary and the theme in “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” to reveal how poorly society responds to people who appear different and to teach us that we should treat others the way we would want them to treat us. Collectively, the events expose the lack of human compassion of Pelayo, Elisena, the sightseers
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