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Teaching A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings

A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings

"A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings" is a short story by Colombian writer and author Gabriel García Márquez published in 1968. It was translated from the Spanish by Gregory Rabassa.

Gabriel García Márquez
“Un señor muy viejo con unas alas enormes", La increíble y triste historia de la cándida Eréndira y su abuela desalmada © Gabriel García Márquez, 1972 and Heirs of Gabriel García Márquez

ESSENTIAL QUESTION:

What does our treatment of others reveal about ourselves?
STANDARDS:

DEPTH OF KNOWLEDGE (DOK) LEVELS:

2,3,4
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