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The Credibility Of The Old Man In The Invisible Man By Gabriel Garcia

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Additionally, the old man is not an angel but in fact some type of creature similar to the spider lady that Garcia talked about which makes the story more absurd. He states “the woman who had been changed into a spider for having disobeyed her parents… She was a frightful tarantula the size of a ram and with the head of a sad maiden” (Garcia). The fact that the author included the spider lady, took away any credibility that the old man could have actually been an angel. Furthermore, the “miracles” said to be performed by the angel were not miracle that one would expect an angel to be capable of. For example, instead of giving the blind man the ability to see, he just made him grow three new teeth, or helping the paralytic walk again, or healing
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