Characters
Who says the old man is an angel?
Who is the neighbor woman?
What do people do when they come to see the angel?
What is they throw food and treat him like a spectacle?
What is unusual about the old man’s appearance?
What is he has enormous wings?
What theme is shown by people charging money to see the angel?
What is greed?
What do the wings symbolize?
What is the divine / supernatural?
Who comes to examine the angel and doubts him?
Who is Father Gonzaga?
What do people do when they come to see the angel?
What is they throw food and treat him like a spectacle?
What language does the old man speak?
What is an incomprehensible dialect?
What theme is shown by how the angel is treated?
What is cruelty or lack of compassion?
What does the chicken coop symbolize?
What is confinement or imprisonment?
What character replaces the angel as the main attraction?
Who is the spider-woman?
What happens to the couple’s child after the angel appears?
What is he recovers from his illness?
What do the villagers expect angels to be like?
What is perfect, powerful, and divine?
What theme is shown by people doubting the angel?
What is loss of faith / skepticism?
What does the spider-woman symbolize?
What is clear, moral storytelling people prefer?
Who benefits the most financially from the angel?
Who are Pelayo and Elisenda?
Why do people lose interest in the angel?
What is the spider-woman is more entertaining and understandable?
What does Father Gonzaga use to test the angel?
What is Latin / religious knowledge?
What theme is shown through the angel’s suffering?
What is resilience?
What does the crowd symbolize?
What is human society / mob mentality?
Who says the old man is an angel?
Who is the neighbor woman?
How does the story end?
What is the angel regains strength and flies away?
What strange “miracles” does the angel perform?
What is ineffective or bizarre miracles (like growing teeth instead of restoring sight)?
What major theme is shown by the mix of normal life and magical events?
What is Magical Realism?
What does the angel flying away symbolize?
What is freedom and release from human cruelty?