Right from the start of "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings," a dull
             world meets a magical world in a short story by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. He
             is known in Latin America for being one of the most famous Latin American
             authors who came screaming into this world in 1955. He smoked over 60
             cigarettes a day while his imagination ran wild, and ink met paper in this
             rising art form of the mid-twentieth century.
             The main character of the story, Pelayo, was on his way back to
             his house after tossing out the crabs that had come inside his house.
             Pelayo and his wife Elisenda thought that a stench from the crabs was the
             main cause of their infant's fever. As Pelayo returned home after removing
             the crabs from the courtyard, he noticed something moving and groaning
             coming from the rear of the courtyard. At first glance, Pelayo thought what
             he saw was and old wanderer. He had to get extremely close to see that it
             was an old man lying face down in the mud. After further examination,
             Pelayo noticed that there was something truly extraordinary about his old
             He had two, dirty and half-plucked buzzard wings attached to him that
             was entirely covered in mud. Pelayo looked at the old man closely and to
             his surprise he found him to be quite familiar. He spoke with a strong
             sailor voice in a dialect that was incomprehensible to Pelayo, and he
             concluded that the old man was a lonely castaway from some shipwreck by a
             storm. Seeking some advice, Pelayo called a neighbor woman who "knew
             everything about life and death" to see him. All she needed was one look to
             show him his mistake-the old man was an angel, she thought (Marquez 270).
             Many other "incredible" or "magical" events take place throughout
             Marquez's short story. Pelayo and Elisenda decided to lock him up with the
             hens in the chicken coop that night. At the first light of dawn, they went
             out to find the entire neighborhood standing in front of t...