1. Written by: Gabriel Garcia Marquez Presented by: Nichole Doherty, CJ Roman, Olivia Rubino and Michael Trivelis

2.  A man by the name Pelayo finds a very old and decrepit man with large wings in the rear of a courtyard.  He later found out by his very wise neighbor that the old man is actually an angel.  Pelayo and his wife, Elisenda, kept the man captive in his chicken coop and would charge people five cents to see him.  Once word got out that there was a live angel in town, there was an uproar of people who came to see it.

3.  The community’s attention was shifted when another unnatural sight occurred.  Both Pelayo and Elisenda used the money they made from the old man to buy a new home and the angel finally flew away out of the chicken coop.

4. “…looks more like a huge decrepit hen…” (49) “…unbearable smell of the outdoors…”(49) “…the backside of his wings was strewn with parasites…”(49) Pushover Does not stick up for himself Appears in Pelayo and Elisenda’s yard Filthy and bedraggled speaks a foreign language that no one can understand “…few faded hairs left on his bald skull…”(48) “…huge buzzard wings…” (48) “…few teeth in his mouth…”(48)

5. Poor Married Have a newborn child Kills crabs Lives in a small town Finds the old man Keeps the old man in their chicken coop Makes profit over old man

6. Bossy neighbor “…knew everything about life and death…”(48) First to call the old man an angel “‘He must have been coming for the child…’”(48) She tells Pelayo to club the old man to death She thinks he will take the sick child up to heaven

7. The village priest Authority figure in the community Only townsfolk who tries to investigate whether or not the old man is an angel He highly doubts the old man is an angel Can speak Latin He tries to constantly calm down the crowd

8. Visits the town Head of a young lady Body of a spider Part of a freak- show attraction Was punished for the sin of disobeying her parents Draws villagers away from the old man

9.  “‘He’s an angel,’ she told them. ‘He must have been coming for the child…’” (48)  “The parish priest had his first suspicion of an imposter when he did not understand the language of God or know how to greet His ministers.” (49)  “He reminded them that the devil had the bad habit of making use of carnival tricks in order to confuse the unwary.” (49)  “At first they tried to make him eat some mothballs, which, according to the wisdom of the wise neighbor woman, were the food prescribed for angels.” (50)  “…if his dialect had any connection with Aramaic…”(50) Allusions

10.  “The sands of the beach… had become stew of mud and rotten shellfish.” (48)  “Elisenda, her spine all twisted from sweeping up so much marketplace trash…” (49)  “Her prudence fell on sterile hearts.” (49)  “He tolerated the most ingenious infamies with the patience of a dog who has no illusions.” (52)  “…Because then he was no longer an annoyance in her life but an imaginary dot on the horizon of the sea.” (52) Metaphors

11. “The world had been sad since Tuesday” (48) Personification “On the third day of rain they had killed so many crabs inside the house that Pelayo had to cross his drenched courtyard and throw them into sea.” (48) “And yet, they called in a neighbor woman who knew everything about life and death to see him…” (48) “Elisenda, her spine all twisted from sweeping up so much marketplace trash…”(49) “…a poor woman who since childhood has been counting her heartbeats and had run out of numbers; a Portuguese man who couldn’t sleep because the noise of the stars disturbed him…”(49) Hyperbole

12.  “He was dressed like a ragpicker.” (48)  “…March nights glimmered like powdered light.” (48)  “…tossing him things to eat through the openings in the wire as if weren’t a supernatural creature but a circus animal.” (49)  “Standing by the wire… he could take a close look at that pitiful man who looked more like a huge decrepit hen among the fascinated chickens.” (49)  “…it was not in homage to the angel but to drive away the dungheap stench that still hung everywhere like a ghost.” (51) Simile

13.  “…Inside the house that Pelayo had to cross his drenched courtyard…” (48)  ”And they thought it was due to the stench.” (48)  “Sea and sky were a single ash- gray thing and the sands of the beach… glimmered like powdered light, had become a stew of mud and rotten shellfish.” (48)  “…Couldn’t get up impeded by his enormous wings.” (48)  “There were only a few faded hairs left on his bald skull and very few teeth in his mouth.” (48)  “His huge buzzard wings, dirty and half- plucked were forever entangled in the mud.” (48)  “He answered in an incomprehensible dialect with a strong sailor’s voice.” (48)

14.  “He was lying in the corner drying his open wings in the sunlight among fruit peels and breakfast leftovers that the early risers had thrown him.” (49)  He had an unbearable smell of the outdoors.” (49)  The back side of his wings was strewn with parasites.” (49)  “A traveling carnival arrived with a flying acrobat who buzzed over the crowd several times.” (49)  “Befuddled by the hellish heat of the oil lamps and sacramental candles that had been placed along the wire.” (50)  “They burned his side with an iron for branding steers.” (50)

15.  Must be in South America because the Priest can speak fluent Latin and the author himself is from South America  “…Father Gonzaga went into the chicken coop and said good morning to him in Latin.” (49)  Pelayo and Elisenda must live in a small village because it states that the whole neighborhood came to see the old man  “…they found the whole neighborhood in front of the chicken coop having fun with the angel…”(48)  That the old man came to help Pelayo and Elisenda by making their child well and helping them earn money

16.  “Pelayo and Elisenda were happy with fatigue.” (50)  “With the money they saved they built a two- story mansion with balconies and gardens.” (51)  “The angel went dragging himself about here and there like a stray dying man.” (51)  “Elisenda shouted that it was awful living in that hell full of angels.” (51)  “Stiff feathers began growing on his wings, the feathers of a scarecrow, which looked more like another misfortune of decrepitude.” (52)  “Holding himself up in some way with the risky flapping of a senile vulture.” (52)

17.  Magical Realism  It is a mixture of fantasy and realism often found in many other Latin American authors’ work including many works by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

18.  “He’s an angel.” (48)

19.  Third person omniscient  Allows us to see through character’s eyes ▪ “She kept watching… because then he was no longer an annoyance in her life but an imaginary dot on the horizon of the sea” (52).  Inconsistencies in narrator’s voice  Ambiguity ▪ “This deliberate uncertainty, this ambiguity, can leave the reader a bit cheated” (“Themes and Construction”).  Variations in his attitudes towards the characters and their actions

20.  The very old man with enormous wings  Truth behind his existence is a mystery ▪ “His mystery nature is the story’s central “problem”, the source of its energy and tension” (Faulkner).  Alters the lives of many  Reveals true motives and personalities of those living in the town  Escapes harsh treatment

21.  Society  Pelayo and Elisenda ▪ Use him for money  Father Gonzaga ▪ Accuses the angel of not being what it truly is  The traveling visitors ▪ Treat the angel poorly by throwing stones at the angel

22.  Criticizes the Catholic Church  Father Gonzaga techniques  Mocks human nature and the pilgrims actions  Elisenda  Father Gonzaga  The neighbor woman  The traveling visitors  Irony  Treatment of the angel

23.  Located on the coast in South or Central America (Spanish-speaking country)  Small, unnamed town and time (20 th Century)  “This uncertainty (or ambiguity) applies not just to the old man, but evidently to life itself, as it is lived in this timeless, nameless village” (Faulkner).  “We seem to be in the ‘once-upon-a-time’ world of fairy tales” (“Historical Context”).  Living in an environment with culture that's a blend of local tradition and global Catholicism  Pelayo and Elisenda's Courtyard  Weather: Rainy  “On the third day of rain they had killed so many crabs inside the house that Pelayo had to cross his drenched courtyard and throw them in the sea…(48).

24. The angel is very old, with very large wings. He is immobile, and most people thought he was dead at first. “Garcia plays against traditional stereotypes of angels.” (Akers. 13) “Angels are supernatural creatures and are expected them to be presented in images that convey grandeur, perfection, wisdom, and grace.” (Akers. 13)

25.  Garcia makes the story more complex.  “Although the old man/angel is central to the story, and every event bears on him, his appearance, behavior, identity, fate, or effects, the attention focused on the old man is frequently interrupted by shifts of focus on other characters” (Akers. 11).

26.  Another style of the story is imagery  He talks about the characters in much detail when he describes them  “Also unusual is the way Garcia Marquez combines different types of imagery.” (Akers. 10)  He suspends your disbelief.

27.  The main symbol of the story is the Angel and his wings - Represents power  Another minor symbol is the spider women - Represents change

28.  Doubt and Ambiguity - Creates a sense of uncertainty - Never allowed to doubt  The Problem of Interpretation

29.  The tone of the story is sad and hopeless, until the angel arrives  The people are extremely poor  Changes from dark and dull, to beautiful and magical

30.  The old man was an angel  God was testing the townspeople’s morality by sending them a decrepit, sickly old man and watching how they react.  I don’t like how the angel flew away all disrespected and let the family get away with the abuse.