<Li> Elisenda: Elisenda is the mother of the child and Pelayo's wife . Elisenda is the one who comes up with the idea of charging people to see the Old Man . </Li> <Li> The Old Man: The Old Man is "Dreaming" in the story . He first appears in the backyard in the mud . The family is first hesitant about what he is, so they make him live in the chicken coop . He is very dirty and he speaks an incomprehensible language that no one understands . When the crowds first start to come around, he is absentminded and patient about what's going on; as the crowds continue to come from all over the world to see him, he becomes a celebrity . Later, the crowds burn him with a branding iron and he flaps his wings in pain . In the end, he grows back all of his feathers and flies away . The old man is described many times throughout the story as having "antiquarian" eyes . </Li> <Li> Father Gonzaga: Father Gonzaga is the town priest and the authority figure of the town . Father Gonzaga is described as having been "a robust woodcutter" before becoming a priest . Father Gonzaga suspects the old man is an imposter because he doesn't know Latin, the language of God . He then contacts the Church and awaits verdict from higher authority . </Li> <Li> The Neighbour: The Neighbour is said to know everything about life and death . She thinks that the Old Man is an angel who has fallen from the sky and come for Pelayo's son . While her advice for clubbing the Old Man is not taken, she still attempts to help her neighbors Pelayo and Elisenda . </Li>

When does a very old man with enormous wings take place