A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings Introduction Generally, a critical theory is an approach that aims at challenging as well as destabilizing already established knowledge. The author of the story about a Very Old Man with Enormous Wings depicted certain critical theories to bring out the real understanding of the story. He has significantly explored magical realism as well as subjectivism as examples of critical theories, to represent the plot of the story. Defining the moral lesson of the story is a tough task, although the two critical theories have enhanced the explanation. The essence of this paper is to view how Marquez explored magical realism to bring out clearly important moral lessons through fantasy as well as reality throughout the story. As examined by Marquez, magical realism emerges to be the blending of fantasy as well as reality in the contemporary society. Drawing …show more content…
Marquez used the old man character to bring out a moral lesson that people should avoid looking beyond what they are facing. The fundamental aspect of the tale was not to describe the supernatural appearances of the winged man, but rather to depict the attitudes of the society towards the unknown. The community viewed him as the arrival of “Fresh and blood angel” as the news spread throughout the entire village (Marquez, 2016). For instance, the pastor seemed confused by the new creature since according to him the man did not communicate the language of God (Marquez, 2016). On the other hand, the community described him a real angel. His role served to shape the particular central ideas, in the sense that, despite the fact that the anti-hero arrived in the story in a strange manner, the audience can only realize his features rather than his