Response to A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings

A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings is a story talks about a old man with enormous wings appears in the Pelayos' yard in an afternoon after a three-day heavy rain. At first, the Pelayos let the old man stay with chickens, and people who want to see the old man had to pay for it. What is more, these people even show their disrespect to the old man. During the cold winter, the old man gradually is forgotten by people and nearly died. However, when the spring coming, he becomes alive again and flies away.

After reading this story, I feel a little heavy in heart. At first, the appearing of the old man brings the couple a lot of money and help them have a better life. However, when people gradually lose their interests on the old man, the couple also lose a source for them earing money. This makes the couple feel unhappy to the old man and think that he is an obstruction of their life. Even at the end of the story, when the old angle flying away, the only feeling of Mrs. Pelayo is that they can finally be free.

The couple never try to know about the old man who may be an angle. Also, they never want to be thankful to the old man. I think it is common in today's society. People now are usually selfish. When someone, who have helped someone else for several times, is in poor, the people received the help will ignore the situation where their friends are in, just like the Pelayos.