Do you find the story primarily humorous or sad? Which does García Márquez seem to intend the story to be? Why?
I believe Márquez wrote the story to express her main theme of mankind's greediness. The best way to convey this message for Marquez was to write a sad story. Márquez's sad writing style makes the reader pity the angel who was being poked and prodded by the crowd for their amusement. This "fallen angel" indirectly brought Pelayo and Elisenda property and wealth with the tickets sold to view the angel. Yet, when Elisenda is watching the rejuvenated angel fly away, she feels happy that "there was no longer an annoyance in her life." Her ungratefulness and selfishness were best translated through Márquez's sad and meloncholy story.
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