When Elisenda and Pelayo find the old man, they go to the old lady next door for advice. While she has a reputation for being wise, she comes across cruel and petty and somewhat silly in her beliefs. She does recognize that the old man might be an angel, but she says that angels are “fugitive survivors of a celestial conspiracy” and therefore they should “club him to death.”
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The Neighbor Woman Character Timeline in A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings
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A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings
...his wings, they conclude that he’s a shipwrecked foreign sailor, but they consult their wise neighbor to be sure. The neighbor tells them their “mistake”: the man is an angel who...
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While the neighbor believes that they should club the angel to death because angels are “fugitive survivors of...
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