A very old man with enormous wings is an amazing story. I have no idea what the writers intent was but I do know that it would make a wonderful short film. The vivid imagery that was shown throughout the entire story. The look of the apparent angel, the look of the hose based upon the situation with the crabs, the chicken coop and the ocean. That all makes for a wonderful mind cinematography set. Well I believe one of the biggest things is the immediate front that is put up by the representative of the church. Instead of the priest or father showing the creature love he condemns its existence and begins to call it out in front of others. Yet when he gets behind closed doors he can't sleep because the presence of this creature has rocked his faith. After going through this class for a second time I have found that the way to approach these situations is not the way the father did but with an open mind that is ready to dialogue and not stay so stagnant but be open to the fact that through learning more you inevitably become changed for the better. That is what I thought of the priest.
Now with the angel creature I believe that people miss the point by delving specifically into what he looks like and less into who he is. Who is he? Where does he come from? What is it he is saying? What does he like to eat? All these take away from the mystery of this mysterious angel creature that is located in a chicken coop. You can get past the outer whuch offers no substance to a person and dive into the inner being. He has something to show to evryone, one through the use of patience in the times of abuse and ridicule. The second being the application of miracles, the things he did were not exactly the miracles the people were looking for. Though it reminds me of a certain thing I recentlt read that talks about darkness being a gift.
Man, you're getting it!
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