A very old man with enormous wings
...bed as a different and unique creature. Marquez describes this character as “dressed like a rag-picker” (361), “having a few faded hairs left on his bald skull and very few teeth in his mouth” (361), and with “huge buzzard wings, dirty and half-plucked” (361). The character’s description is quite different from the norm. He is so unique that all of the characters who come in contact with the “very old man” “looked … with mute stupor” (361) and for a very long time. All of this staring leads to the development of misunderstanding. Since the “very old man” is different, the other characters begin to become abusive and cruel. I like it the best, Greatly influenced by rock legend Elvis Presley, John Lennon started his first band called the Quarrymen in 1956 at the age of sixteen (Schaffner 12). On July 6, 1957 John Lennon would meet Paul McCartney for the first time. One of John's bandmates, Ivan Vaughan, also a friend of fifteen year old Paul McCartney, invited Paul to the St. Peter's Church garden fete in Woolton, Liverpool where the Quarrymen would be playing. Paul actually went, not to hear the band perform, but rather because Ivan had convinced him that the church picnic would be a grea...