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A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings

by Gabriel García Márquez

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A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings

In "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings," Márquez employs various literary devices: Imagery describes the dilapidated setting; similes compare the old man to a "drenched great-grandfather"; allusions...

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A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings

Examples of simile in "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings" include the sands glimmering "like powdered light," the old man dressed "like a ragpicker," and appearing "like a huge decrepit hen."...

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