A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings

Why is called "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings" rather than "An Angel?"

Why is called "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings" rather than "An Angel?"

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I think that Gabriel García Márquez wants the reader to see both worlds. We see the man as a forlorn angel who has come to man only to be rebuked as Christ was. We can also see this man a freak of nature, an abomination meant to be scorned. Gabriel García Márquez uses this fantasy realism to reflect human nature in all its curiosity, kindness and horribleness.