An Alternative Ending of “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings”
Alternative ending: Elisenda was later informed by relatives abroad what happened to the angel after he gained his freedom. Supposedly he settled down and had several children. The children matured and began fighting with each other, staining their feathers red, which previously were ornate florescent shades of green, blue, gold, and the black they inherited from their father. Over time the infighting between the angel’s children grew in scale and intensity as the angel became tired, no longer having energy to find compromise between their disputes. Suddenly their isolation and freedom was transgressed as a strange man with eagle like wings appeared in the angel’s asylum. The eagle interfered with the angel’s new domain, stealing nest materials and turning his children against each other. This infighting brought the angel to its death bed. Supposedly the last moments of the angel consiste...