A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings Foreignness & 'The Other' Quotes

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Quote #10

She kept watching him even when she was through cutting the onions and she kept on watching until it was no longer possible to see him, because then he was no longer an annoyance in her life but an imaginary dot on the horizon of the sea. (13)

Whew! Now that the angel is gone, Elisenda can go back to her boring old life, pretending that nothing strange or foreign exists. It's a lot easier that way—even if it does smell a lot like onions.