Hello, now we have a story written by Gabriel García Marquez, if you can give me some feedback I’ll apreciatte:
García Marquez this time tells us the story of Pelayo and Elisea, a marriage couple who found in their courtyard a very old man. At first, Pelayo thought that he was a homeless, however, when he gets closer to the old man he notice that he has wings. Eventually, get their neighbor woman, who informs them that the old man is an angel. They put him in the chicken coop, and during night their child’s, who was deeply sick, started to fells better. After that, they decide to let him go, but when they return to the courtyard at dawn the entire community has arrived to see the angel.
Father Gonzaga, a religous man after saw the angel tells to everyone that the old man is just a fraud, possible work of the devil. Meanwhile, the news of the angel spreads, and the courtyard soon resembles a marketplace. Elisenda then has the idea of charging a 5 cent admission fee for seeing the angel, and then they are soon rich. Nevertheless, when a carnival arrives to the town with a interesting atracction, Spider-woman, all the crowd leaves the angel for the spider. Leaving Pelayo’s courtyard deserted.
The years pass, Elisenda and Pleayo aren’t longer fear of the angel who becomes a part of their life. After a while the chicken coop breaks, and they allow him to move around their house, although it causes Elisenda much distress. He gets increasingly frail and sickly, and they fear that he will die. However, and one day Elisenda watches him fly away, to her great relief.
Plot map:
- The narrator introduces Pelayo, Elisea and the weather, which was rainy
- When Pelayo is his coartyard he notice a very old man which big wings
- Pelayo tells to his wife and his neighbor woman, this last one says that the old man it’s a fallen angel.
- They put him in the chicken coop, and during night their child’s, who was deeply sick, started to fells better.
- The town takes an interest in this old man with enormous wings, and stars to visit the courtyard.
- Father Gonzaga, a religous man after saw the angel tells to everyone that the old man is just a fraud. However, that didn’t affect to angels
- Then the crowds leave the angel to see a carnival which have a spider woman.
- Pelayo and Elisea build a house with all their money, and lived some time in peace
- One day Elisenda watches him fly away, to her great relief.