What does the man with enormous wings represent in "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings"?
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"A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings" plays heavily on ambiguity.
Garcia Marquez never allows the reader to settle comfortably into one attitude or the other...
For this reason, identifying a single meaning in the winged character is quite difficult. A number of symbolic meanings are available depending on our interpretation.
The most compelling reading of this character sees him as a representative of people's faith, both in humanity and religion. Like religion in the context of the story, the man is open to interpretation. Also, religion in the text is...
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