In this story, we are immediately introduced to a seaside land with a dying child and the man with enormous wings. As the story goes on, Pelayo and Elisenda (husband and wife) keep the "angel" and use him as a way of making money. Once he is no longer good for that, they become tired of him and see him as a bother. When the "angel" finally flies away, Elisenda is overcome with joy and relief. I believe that this story is trying to show how being selfish can only get you so far. It shows the audience how people can be so overcome by greed that they lose who they truly are to begin with. The couple grows so annoyed with the man that made them rich that they describe it as "living in a hell full of angels." When the angel begins to fly away, Elisenda "kept on watching until it was no longer possible for her to see him, because then he was no longer an annoyance in her life but an imaginary dot on the horizon of the sea." That ending quote shows that people can truly be very selfish and ungrateful. I think the moral of the story is to appreciate what you have and to never overcome yourself with greed.
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