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Mar Garcia Marquez Satirizes Humanity
Marquez satirizes humanity through Pelayo and Elisenda through multiple examples portrayed throughout the story. Marquez writes in a very sarcastic and mocking tone to show the ignorant ideas and actions of Pelayo and Elisenda such as when the Man first arrived, they recommended to club him to death because they didn’t believe he was an angel. Marquez writes about Pelayo that “he dragged him out of the mud and locked him up with the hens in the wire chicken coop.” This satirizes a bigger idea that humanity doesn’t treat people they know fairly at first sight. Other actions and ideas are written that Marquez satirizes are when Pelayo and Elisenda use the Man for money, and allow the townspeople to brand him, throw food at him, and tease him.
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