A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings by Gabriel Garcia Marquez was a very interesting and weird story. It confused me a lot, because I could never tell exactly what was going on. The story took place in the house of a couple whose names were Pelayo and Elisenda. Peyalo went to the sea to toss the crabs that had been in their house back in the sea. On the way back he came across a very old man, lying face down in the mud, who couldn't get up because of his enormous wings. The word of this spreads very fast and people from all over come to see this man, who they think is an angel.
The mood in the beginning of the story was gloomy and the setting, to me, seemed like a place I wouldn't want to be in. The author used a lot of visual imagery. An example is when the author was describing the old man for the first time, she used a lot of details and made it easier to visually imagine exactly what was going on. There was not a lot of positive words or thoughts expressed in the story. Most ideas or details expressed were negative. This story confused me.
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