A very old man with enormous wings

 “A very Old man with Enormous Wings” by Gabriel García Márquez was a very interesting story. Although the Priest and the crowds of people didn’t believe or was unsure of the old man being an angel I do believe that the man was an angel that came down from heaven. He presented semi-miracles, and had a mysterious way about him. It even says in the Bible that angels may walk among men hidden in the crowds resembling us humans. I feel like this book had a few even a lot of biblical sides to it. The people could not understand his strange language and the Priest thought that if he spoke Catholic Church Latin he would be an angel, but to the priest’s surprise it was not. So while reading this I assumed that he, the angel, may well be speaking the language of God, but to human ears it sounds crude. I even thought about if the priest and the crowds of people believed who he was and where he came from they would be revealed to the language of God due to their beliefs, so the outcome of the story may have been a little bit different. They could have experienced greater miracles and a heavenly touch from the Lord if they had believed. I believe that in the beginning of the story with the the swarms of crabs that must be killed, and the darkness at noon, these strange events seem to foreshadow the eerie arrival of the otherworldly visitor, the Angel. I believe they had meaning and was very significant. Although I have some thoughts or ideas of what the reason may be, I’m still a little clueless myself. It seemed like the beginning of something. Although the story ended with the old man flying away, I still believe that was not the end of the story, it almost seemed like a cliff hanger and that the crowds of people and the priest will be seeing more of him again.