Thierry Jean Pierre
ENG-111
In the short story "A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings" displays the truth about us and society as a whole. It shows that we expect certain characteristics and behaviors from people based on their appearance and overall physical features. Also, the story expresses that when people are different from us we tend to take advantage and mistreat them. This issue is observed through the characters of the old man with wings in contrast to the spider woman. The ways they are both treated based on what was expected of them show how the people of the small town were more involved with expectations then the actual being.
When the people of the town seen the old man with wings they viewed him as an odd figure. They treated him as if he was a ‘circus animal instead of a supernatural creature.' They didn't understand his dialect and he looked too old and to frail to be an angel. As the father Gonzaga said he lacks "dignity and splender." When it comes to......
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