A Collection of Atrocities stemmed from human short sight “ A very old man with enormous wings” is a story written by Gabriel Garcia Marquez in 1955. There are a number of similarities between the area in which Marquez lived as a young boy and were he sets up his story. In both instances, there is a small coastal town and not a lot of wealth. Many of his stories seem to deal with life in an …showed first 75 words of 825 total…

…showed last 75 words of 825 total…to come into his village. Marquez successfully uses the angel to represent Jesus In many ways. This is illustrated by the abuse that both the angel and Jesus endure at the hands of the townspeople, and the trials that they both endure, including the different miracles and outcomes of these miracles. Marquez has truly grasped the short sight ness of humans and the atrocities that can be inflicted when man is faced with the unknown.