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"majority understood that his passivity was not that of a hero taking his ease but that of a cataclysm in repose" (330)

shows that people acknowledge/sense his power

yet people still mistreat him

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writer begins and ends with seemingly insignificance

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the people of the town analyze the angel in depth trying to figure out what he eats, how many times he can fit on the head of a pin, where his dialect is from, but no answers are ever received

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Humanity Things They Are Better Than The Angel

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Humanity Things They Are Better Than The Angel

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treat him as property
"then he was no longer an annoyance in her life but an imaginary dot on the horizon of the sea" (332)

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only virtue appeared to be patience

hens pecking at him
people throwing stones
plucking wings

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flies away in middle of night when no one can see him
doesn't look at others/ignores humans

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focus on priest and the devil's use of parlor tricks to deceive

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Angel stock character to start off story in an easy and effective way

largest organization of world Church

angels are widely recognizable

monopolizing of angel represents people's monopolization of the church

made choice of angel, could have used fairy which is another recognizable character

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Angel reflects the state of the people, state of town reflected in old, beggar look of the angel

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other phenomenons add to dehumanizing of people, monopolize on others

spider who has more of a human nature grabs more attention than the religious angel that would not look at the humans

put on entertaining show of eating meatballs

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angel decrepit so that story does not depict people mistreating angels, as that could be seen as a criticism of religion, instead angel depicted as old man and a possible impostor

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not ploy towards religion but made old to show superficiality of humans

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reason angel was old because religious symbols outdated, no one knows where they come from

questioning of classical symbols
traditional view - wings, halo on head
presented as - old, decrepit, more down to Earth

represent religion isn't as powerful as perceived,  does not preform any miracles

tainted by humans

"Then he noticed that seen close up he was much too human: he had an unbearable small of the outdoors, the back side of his wings was strewn with parasites..." (329)