As in the story “A Very Old Man…” (Gabriel 1). What would have happened if the character had been nice to the old man? For example, there would be no story at all because they would have let him go on a raft and with food instead of seeing him as a way to make money. Furthermore, without the creature, the family in the story would never have achieved the things that the creature made possible. For example, there is a two-story house bought with people's money to see the angel, and also perhaps the miracle of their child's illness after the angel's appearance was not a coincidence. If this was not the case, the child would never have gotten better. The kindness of the old man was the main importance of this story; without it, there would be