Blog #4: Artsy Fartsy Angel Wings

All writing could be viewed as art depending on how the author so chooses to write it. If the author is able to illustrate without pictures the literature is far more interesting. To illustrate without the aid of actual pictures, an author must paint scenes of the story using a paintbrush made of colorful language and metaphors, as well as imagery. The amount of paint that the author/ artist utilizes, makes it easier for the reader to experience the vivid imagery that the author intended. The imagery in A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings attributes greatly to how the reader interprets the story. The way the wings are described in their deteriorating state with parasites crawling between each feather, allows the reader to erase from their mind the celestial beauty of what angels are expected to be and see the angel for what he actually is. Instead of assuming he is a beautiful angel with all the heavenly qualities associated with such, the reader is forced to see this "angel" in a different light along with all his imperfections. By changing what the picture of an angel looks like, the author makes the reader question aspects of the writing, which is the point behind the writing in the first place.