A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings

The story is about an old creature in the shape of a human that has large wings mantled to his back. The creature is just an old man in my opinion for many reasons. In the story, the old man was treated horribly. He was only there for a source of entertainment. He would not move to please his audience. He would not even stand up. "The only time they succeeded in arousing him was when they burned his side with an iron for branding steers, for he had been motionless for so many hours that they thought he was dead." He still very well feels pain and he obviously has emotions. He just wishes only to be left alone.

He is nothing more then an old man. This has a great impact on the story because it's letting us know that we should not look at something because of the features of someone. It is obvious that the old man was not happy with his situation and his audience should have realized that.