The story "A Tale for Children" has several different meanings or themes and they are presented vividly. The author does a great job of showing the true colors of people and explores the possible ways that human nature is flawed. The characters featured around the protagonist are precise and to the point in their actions and behaviors. In this story many of the behaviors seen are relevant to what has been observed throughout human existence. The theme of this story represents how cruel and indifferent humans can be to something whether it be unknown or akin to them and shows the ignorant lack of compassion that many people possess. .

             The author Gabriel Garcia Marquez illustrates the main character as an old bald man with wings and very few teeth, who also spoke in an unknown dialect. The old character is recognized by a neighbor as an angel. She then wanted to club the angel to death because this was presumed to be an old fashioned custom. Pelayo the house owner "armed with his bailiff's club and before going to bed, he dragged him out of the mud and locked him up up with the hens in the wire chicken coop"(Marquez 353). Looking at this sequence, the harsh reality is that even though he is recognized as an angel he is already judged and mistreated because of his ragged appearance. .

             People today are especially prone to making snap judgments on others based solely on their appearance. This is a terrible flaw in human nature to judge a person on how they look because often appearances can be misconstrued with negative connotations. The old man with wings who is thought of possibly as an angel, has already been in a discussion to possibly become beaten to death with a club as a possible solution to him just arriving there. After they decide not to club him to death which is a very harsh reality, they decide rather that he should be locked up like an animal in a chicken cage. This specific action is also grotesque and this behavior towards the angel is seen throughout the story.