A Drowned Man and An Old Angel
Although both short stories, The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World and A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings, were written by Gabriel Garcia Marquez there are many other not so obvious similarities and differences between the two tales. Both stories were about men who arrived in foreign places and how these men were treated by the people who found them. The first of the similarities between the old winged man and the drowned man is their strange appearances. Both men not only looked strange compared to the people who found them, but they both looked strange compared to what a winged man and a drowned man would be thought to look like. The old winged man looked different than the villagers because he obviously had wings. The old winged man was assumed to be an angel. An angel is usually pictured as a clean, glowing figure in white robes with beautiful full wings. This winged man was dirty, weak, covered in parasites, and his wings were almost all plucked. Similarly, the drowned man was abnormally shaped compared to the villagers in his story. He was taller, heavier, and handsomer than any man in the village. A drowned man would usually look bloated, disfigured, or decomposing. This d
Villagers came from other towns to see both of these poor men. People react to the new different in both stories. The woman admired this man because of how strong he looked. The villages both make up stories about the visitors and their origins. On the other hand, the drowned man was cleaned and taken care of. The people of different villages came to be healed by the mystic angel they had all heard about, but only a few weird "miracles" ever came about. Despite the similarities, the men were also treated very differently. One priest even accused him of being a fake and possibly a trick sent by the devil. The winged man was old and ugly, while the drowned man was young and handsome. These people were always looking for something new and did not take time to appreciate what the angel brought to the village. The drowned man caused everything to be different for the village. The drowned man was adopted as one of the villagers. The old man had no greatness or gradeur about him, but the drowned man had a great powerful prescence even in his death. Although the angel's effect was shortlived, it was long enough to leave a lasting impression on the town.
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