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Read “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” by Gabriel García Márquez (in the course textbook and attached below). Reflect and respond to the story in a 3- to 4-page reader-response essay.
Remember that reader-response essays are less formal than other types of academic writing. You may use the personal pronoun “I” and may write about whatever strikes you from the story. You may also choose to write from one of the following prompts:
- Explain how “good” and “evil” co-exist in this story, and which one you think wins out in the end. Use specific lines of text from the story to support your assertion.
- Was the old man with the enormous wings truly an angel? Why or why not? Use specific lines of text from the story to support your assertion.
- Gabriel García Márquez is said to have fathered the genre of “magical realism” with this story. What parts of the story felt magical to you and what parts felt real? How do they work together to convey the overall message of the story? Use specific lines of text from the story to support your assertion.
- Does the fact that Márquez is a South American writer have any influence on the developments of this story? Does its international setting have any impact on the reader’s potential understanding of the story?
For a successful paper:
- Have a strong thesis statement at the end of your introduction paragraph.
- Use a “hook” in the introduction paragraph to grab your readers’ attention.
- Use specific textual support from the short story in the body of your paper.
- Finish with a strong conclusion that summarizes your main points, restates the thesis in some way, and possibly returns to the initial “hook.”
- Proofread for errors in spelling, grammar, and writing mechanics. Vary sentence structure and sentence length to add interest.
- Follow correct APA guidelines found in CSU-Global Guide to Writing and APA Requirements with regard to font style, size, margins and spacing.
- Use APA when citing the text; include a reference page citation at the end of the paper for the short story in the anthology. See the tutorial in Module 1 or consult the CSU-Global Guide to Writing and APA Requirements
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Running head: “A VERY OLD MAN WITH ENOURMOURSE WINGS”
"A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings"
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“A VERY OLD MAN WITH ENORMOUS WINGS”
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"A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings"
"A Very Old Man Enormous Wings" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez provides the theme of
how the world contains fictional, outrageous and superstitious events and phenomena that
provoke people's interpretation and reactions in their pursuance of events. The story talks about a
man called Pelayo who, together with his wife Elisenda, found an old man with wings within
their courtyard soon after he had killed crabs during a rainstorm. They both tried to communicate
with the old man but they were unsuccessful. However, when they talked to their neighbor
woman, she told them that the old man was actually an angel. This paper highlights several
issues that arose within the story including good and evil, and magical realism and tries to see if
the author had any influence on the development of the story.
The good and evil that exist in the story are contextualized on the scope of human nature.
The story reveals the invisible good and evil in the human character. Gabriel gives instances
where good and evil co-exist in many characters in the story. At first, the a...
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