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Human Nature Within the short story A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings the author Gabriel Marquez uses human nature to show how society twists the true meaning of religion. The characters behavior within the story towards the angel reflects some of the seven deadly sins. No one realizes the angel was a blessing until he finally fly’s away, “she kept on watching until it was no longer possible for her to see him, because then he was no longer an annoyance in her life but an imaginary dot on the horizon of the sea” (Marquez,4). Marquez uses the characters to t illustrate he flaws within humanity. In the beginning of the story Pelayo and Elisenda are poor, living in a house that frequency gets crabs inside. When they discover that they can …show more content…

Sloth can be defined as failing to develop spiritually due to laziness, which ultimately rejects the grace of God. As a priest Father Gonzaga wasn’t concerned with the angel wellbeing, but rather if he truly was an angel or not. “The parish priest had his first suspicion of an imposter when he saw that he did not understand the language of God or know how to greet His ministers. Then he noticed that seen close up he was much too human” (Marquez, 2). His actions goes against the principles of religion. John 1 chapter 3 verse 17 reads “But if anyone has the world’s goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God’s love abide in him”. Marquez is uses Fathers Gonozaga character to show society’s lack of concern for others. Father Gonozaga did the bare minimum for the angel, he only contacted higher powers within the church. Generally in everyday life people tend to be self-interested and often refuse to help others, this can be seen in situations such as the bystander effect. Father Gonzaga also tried to justify his reason for not helping the angel, “He reminded them that the devil had the bad habit of making use of carnival tricks in order to confuse the unwary” (Marques,2). His response ties directly to society’s flaw of trying to justify wrong doings by approval of

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