sentences:  The story has received several critical responses, most of which comment on Marquez's use of the magical realism genre.In an article for the "Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts", Greer Watson commented that there is little that is considered fantastic about the story, rather that elements such as the old man's wings are presented as an accepted fact.He goes on to state that it is only the angelic nature of the winged man that is drawn into question.