Very Old Man With Enormous Wings, And The Handsomest Drowned Man

“The Loss of the Creature” is an anecdotal essay by the American Southern philosopher Walker Percy. Percy has a different view of life and expresses his views distinctively through his writing. Throughout the essay, he emphasized on the effects of having prepackaged or preconceived notions about the world and people around can determine how an individual sees the world. These notions, which can come from social or societal expectations, can lead to symbolic complexes in an individual’s mind, leading to the false appreciation and gratification. An overarching theme throughout the essay is that one’s pre-formed expectations and can lead to the loss of the essence behind it. In order to demonstrate his point; Percy uses hypothetical characters in theoretical situations to prove how people can truly experience something if they get rid of all social biases and prejudices, and neglecting what they heard about it.

The old man from the story A very old man with enormous wings and Esteban from the story The Handsomest drowned man in the world are opposites of each other, maybe the only similarity that they have is that they are both flat and static characters. First, they are different in terms on how they are portrayed. The old man who is an angel, was portrayed as an ugly old man who doesn’t even resemble an angel. We can see this in paragraph 2, “He was dressed like a rag picker. There were only a few faded hairs left on his bald skull and very few teeth in his mouth…” While Esteban who is a only a dead guy was portrayed as a good looking guy.

Magic Realism appears when a character in the story carry forward to be alive ahead of the normal length of life. Also where magical or unreal aspect of a natural part in a different realistic environment and character fracture the rules of our real world. Characters that are portrayed as magical or surreal has a statement that is behind it. An example is Gregor in the Metamorphoses and not only did he turn into a bug but he sent a larger message about human experience. The two stories, A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings and the Metamorphosis, both have a symbolic mean to humanity and realism.

“The Loss of the Creature” is an anecdotal essay by the American Southern philosopher Walker Percy. Percy has a different view of life and expresses his views distinctively through his writing. Throughout the essay, he emphasized on the effects of having prepackaged or preconceived notions about the world and people around us can determine how an individual sees the world. These notions, which can come from social or societal expectations, can lead to symbolic complexes in an individual’s mind, leading to the false appreciation and gratification. In order to demonstrate his point, Percy uses hypothetical characters in theoretical situations to prove how people use symbolic complexes to measure up to their expectations.

Giants and Angels roam the pages of Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s stories, “A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings”, and “The Handsomest Drowned Man In The World”, creating the perfect scene for magical realism. Many of the elements within these stories coincide with each other; this has everything to do with the overall component of magical realism, which binds together similarities and sets apart differences. The theme of each story can be found within the other and can stand by itself to represent the story it belongs to, the settings are similar in location and the ability to change but different in their downsides and the writing style is so similar it is complicated to find any differences. Marquez is a master story-teller whose works of art

The characters in the short story “A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings” undergo a transformation due to the mystical creature that entered their life. By continuing to interact with the angel, their true nature reveals itself as their desires and greed become vivid. This is illustrated through the change of Pelayo and Elisenda from having the compassion of not killing the angel to taking advantage of him. They exploit the angel by turning their house into a circus and “with the money they save, they built a two story mansion with balconies and gardens.” The family did not show compassion at this point due to their greed. In fact, their nonchalant actions causes the angel to suffer further. This is significant as it demonstrates humans true nature

Judging a person solely on their unique external appearance harms people in the present and the future generations. In the short stories, “Lamb to the Slaughter” and “Identities”, by Roald Dahl and W.D. Valgardson respectively, irony plays a profound role in creating and reinforcing the theme of mistaken identities and deception, revealing that when people judge others based on looks and actions, there are unintended consequences .

In their stories, both Leslie Marmon Silko and Gabriel Garcia Marquez, utilize many symbols in order to further aid the audience in understanding the stories and the meanings behind them. Both stories contain a deceased man as the center of the story, therefore revealing the various actions that are portrayed towards them through the use of symbolism. In The Man to Send Rain Clouds, Silko focuses on the different rituals that the culture has, unlike in The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World, Esteban is the symbol that Marquez describes. The Man to Send Rain Clouds and The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World are two short stories that encounter symbolism that is revealed throughout the way that different cultures act

Authors get across their ideas by using literary terms. In the story, "Handsomest Drowned Man In The World, Gabriel Garcia Marquez uses change in a character to develop his message that many people, places, and things can change the way you look upon life. For example, Esteban changed the people on the Island by the way they looked at him. The way he looked , as he was laying there lifeless, it changed the women by making them care for others, no matter if they are sad or happy. The story they create about him was how he didn't fit in and people picked on his height and weight. The women changed their houses, and probably the whole Island by making it welcome Esteban's spirit. The way people look upon you or how they act around you can change

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