People in today's society have a tendency to over-look miracles. The angel in the story was in fact a miracle. His presence in the chicken coop near Pelayo's house helped the child's health. Before the angel, the child had a fever and no desire to eat, however, when the angel was staying in the chicken coop, the child woke up with an appetite and had no fever. Instead of being generous and thanking him, Pelayo and Elisenda decided to put him on a raft with food for three days and leave him to face his fate, however when they went into the courtyard the next morning, they saw the neighborhood throwing food between the wires of the chicken coop like he was part of a sideshow at the circus.
How could someone treat the angel with so much disrespect..? Wouldn't you marvel at his wings and the miracle he is..? If his presence nursed your child back to health, wouldn't you try to repay him? The people in this story are very similar to most people in today's world; judgemental, cruel, and ungrateful. The angel should have been greeted with respect, however, he was met with ridicule and cruelness.
Another bad problem in today's society is disregard for rules and law. In the circus that came to the town where Pelayo lived, there was a girl who had been turned into a spider with a human's head because she had disobeyed her parents. Aren't there stories in the bible about obeying your parents such as "Ephesians 6:1-4" and "Colossians 3:20"? Bible verse "Proverbs 19:18" states "Discipline your son, for that there is hope; do not be a willing party to his death." If that girl had not been punished, she would continue to disobey her parents which is a sin. Doesn't 10 commandment #5 state "Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the Lord your God is giving you."? Today, all around us, there are people who commit crimes and hurt people because they do not know how to obey. How much better would society be if everyone could just obey simple laws? How many lives and souls could be saved if we just listened to people and followed ethical and morality laws as well as laws against criminal activity?
Today's society has many problems with disobeying rules and laws set before them as well as not seeing miracles. Writers today are trying to put religious and ethical implications into text so that the readers might question where society is going. People need to start acting like they have morals.. If Jesus walked this world today, what would he think about our society? Would we ridicule him like the characters in the story ridiculed the angel? Would we thank him for the miracle he is and would we greet him with kindness and open arms or would we cast him out because he looked strange or was different? People, think about the words you speak and the actions you commit.. They can make or break you.
