Interpretation

The story a very old man with enormous wings is a story that is really for children. The story is about a family that has a son who becomes very sick. After crabs completely took over their home where they had to kill and then dispose of them. Upon disposing them they came across a man; an angel. He is lying face down in the mud and has huge wings as if to come off as some sort of angel. The many however is old and can hardly function on his own. He is helped by then and kept outside where by morning the entire neighborhood has seen and heard about this so called "angel." The angel brings different types to all of the characters. Some seem to believe that he is just not an angel at all, while others believe that since their son is sick that he is the angel of death that is trying to come to get the little boy. But because the angel has struggled so much to get there he has become ill himself. The angel does not speak much in the story and kind of keeps to himself. The people are fascinated with him and bring him food, and in a way taunt him. The angel is quite and when he does speak it is as if he was a shipwreck sailor that washed aboard.

The things in the story that I want to point out are as follows.

At first I want to come to the conclusion that this man is in fact not an angel at all. He is quite possibly the angel of death or something with the devil. When I think of angel I think angelic and type of beauty that is so surreal, and the way this "angel" is described in the text I am not seeing that in the least. His wings are completely torn and tattered, and I believe by the words he says even when he speaks of Satan that he is some how intertwined with the devil himself. It makes sense that he appeared as the boy began to get sick. I don't necessarily believe that he was coming for the little boy, but I do believe he is a dark angel that does not mean good.

Another thing I want to point out is that the boy and the angel kept being sick at the same time. Or as the boy gradually got better, it was if the angel would be able to make it out on his own, but when the boy was completely sick the angel was the same way. I find this very ironic and I think in a different way the author was trying to tell the readers something without putting it right out there. Maybe this is his guardian angel and the worse off that he is the same is true for a the little boy, but it is just a guess.

I also want to point out the fact that the weather is also bad when the angel and boy are sick. It all seems to get better as the story continues. The boy becomes better and is able to go to school and all of a sudden the sun is out when it has been bad weather the entire time he has been ill. How ironic is that. That the weather just like the so called angel might actually have an effect on the boy and his health overall.

If you look all throughout the story you can finds things in which you can interpret and come to a conclusion about. My conclusion for this story is a lot of different things. I believe that the angel was coming but maybe not for the boy and he happened to be sick. Maybe he came to prove and make a point and let those know that in their minds they should think they never want to be in his position because he is a bad angel... I think that is involved with Satan. But I could be totally off base.. it is just my view on everything.

I believe that if we do not have interpretation that we are lost in our own words. If we cannot think outside the box and see a piece of art or literature in more than one way then we are so narrow minded. Everyone sees things completely different and the different interpretations you have I think the better off you are. Interpretations from a group and putting them all together is such an easier way to understand not only that person but the piece of literature as a whole. It is such a great way to start of discussion and to remember that you are never wrong in an interpretation but with everyones ideas together you can learn a lot more than just your own thoughts on the piece of literature.