\nDescription
\nRead A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings by Gabriel Garc a M rquez (in the course textbook and attached
\nbelow). Reflect and respond to the story in a 3 to 4 page reader response essay.
\nRemember that reader response essays are less formal than other types of academic writing. You may use the
\npersonal pronoun I and may write about whatever strikes you from the story. You may also choose to write
\nfrom one of the following prompts:
\nExplain how good and evil co exist in this story, and which one you think wins out in the end. Use specific
\nlines of text from the story to support your assertion.
\nWas the old man with the enormous wings truly an angel Why or why not Use specific lines of text from the
\nstory to support your assertion.
\nGabriel Garc a M rquez is said to have fathered the genre of magical realism with this story. What parts of the
\nstory felt magical to you and what parts felt real How do they work together to convey the overall message of
\nthe story Use specific lines of text from the story to support your assertion.
\nDoes the fact that M rquez is a South American writer have any influence on the developments of this story
\nDoes its international setting have any impact on the reader s potential understanding of the story
\nFor a successful paper:
\nHave a strong thesis statement at the end of your introduction paragraph.
\nUse a hook in the introduction paragraph to grab your readers attention.
\nUse specific textual support from the short story in the body of your paper.
\nFinish with a strong conclusion that summarizes your main points, restates the thesis in some way, and possibly
\nreturns to the initial hook.
\nProofread for errors in spelling, grammar, and writing mechanics. Vary sentence structure and sentence length to
\nadd interest.
\nFollow correct APA guidelines found in CSU Global Guide to Writing and APA Requirements with regard to
\nfont style, size, margins and spacing.
\nUse APA when citing the text; include a reference page citation at the end of the paper for the short story in the
\nanthology. See the tutorial in Module 1 or consult the CSU Global Guide to Writing and APA Requirements<\/p>\n
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her across that gleaming space of wood at the front of the room. But just as she bent
\ndown to scoop the toy to her chest, a neat black boot slashed, inches from her nose.
\nSister Mary Anita had whirled, the chalk fixed in her hand. Daintily, casually, she
\nhad lifted her habit and kicked the toy dinosaur into the air. The thing ascended,
\npedaling its clawed feet, the scarf blown back like a sprung umbrella. The trajectory
\nwas straight and true. The toy knocked headfirst into the ceiling and came back
\ndown in pieces. The children ducked beneath the rain of scattered tin. Only Dot
\nand Mary Anita stood poised, unmoving, focused on the moment between them.<\/p>\n
Dot could look nowhere but at her teacher. But when she lifted her eyes this
\ntime, Sister Mary Anita was not looking at her. She had turned her face away, the
\nrough cheek blotched as if it had borne a slap, the gaze hooded and set low. Sister
\nwalked to the window, her back again to Dot, to the class, and as the laughter started,
\nuncomfortable and groaning at first, then shriller, fuller, becoming its own animal,
\nDot felt an unrecoverable tenderness boil up in her. lnwardly she begged the nun to
\nturn and stop the noise. But Sister did not. She let it wash across them both without
\nmercy. Dot lost sight of her unspeakable profile as Mary Anita looked out into the
\nyard. Bathed in brilliant light, the nun s face went as blank as a sheet of paper, as the
\nsky, as featureless as all things that enter heaven.<\/p>\n
are a: are<\/p>\n
GABRIEL GABCiA Miinourz (1928-
\nA Very Old Man with Enormous Wings (1968)
\nA Tale for Children
\nTranslated from the Spanish by Gregory Habassa<\/p>\n
On the third day of rain they had killed so many crabs inside the house that Pelayo
\nhad to cross his drenched courtyard and throw them into the sea, because the new-
\nborn child had a temperature all night and they thought it was due to the stench.
\nThe world had been sad since Tuesday. Sea and sky were a single ash-gray thing and
\nthe sands of the beach, which on March nights glimmered like powdered light, had
\nbecome a stew of mud and rotten shellfish. The light was so weak at noon that when
\nPelayo was coming back to the house after throwing away the crabs, it was hard for
\nhim to see what it was that was moving and groaning in the rear of the courtyard. He
\nhad to go very close to see that it was an old man, a very old man, lying face down
\nin the mud, who, in spite of his tremendous efforts, couldn t get up, impeded by his
\nenormous wings.<\/p>\n
Frightened by that nightmare, Pelayo ran to get Elisenda, his wife, who was put
\nting compresses on the sick child, and he took her to the rear of the courtyard. They
\nboth looked at the fallen body with mute stupor. He was dressed like a ragpicker. <\/p>\n
ragpicker: Someone who makes a living collecting rags and other refuse.<\/p>\n
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