This was another interesting and weird story and the first thing I was confused about was why the story’s subtitle is “ A Tale for Children,” this story by no means is a simple story. One thing that just stands out at you is the description; the very first paragraph is full of description. I would quote it but its just so long. It almost makes you feel like your there or can at least see it.
This style had a way of I guess u could say blurring the style for the read from reality and fantasy. And I find imagery and symbolism through out the story and especially with the angle. This story creates a lot of uncertainty. And as a reader you don’t doubt that he has wings but you are not sure what he is… a heavenly angel? A human with wings, or some other unexplained thing?
“He“ the angel contradicts their expectations of and angle but what stood out to me was “His only supernatural virtue seemed to be patience”
They treat him in a manner that seems ignorant, cruel, unjust way. It has relations to the child in the other story. They both were locked up. One in a chicken coop the other a closet of some sort. The old man had extraordinary patience and acceptance of suffering. When he was around good things happened. The rain stops, the child’s health improved, Pelayo and his wife prosper. And when the child is around that utopian city also prospered and gained happiness. And is there a significance that the boy got better once the angel came to their house? And that the angel and the boy when he gets older both at the same time got chicken pox?
What is the moral? There could be several: Maybe people wouldn’t recognize a miracle even if they saw one. Appearances are deceiving. Or even patience pays off.
This story was so hard to understand. A lot of people are getting different themes out of it. I agree with yours.
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