Qoutes that prove skellig is an angel?

Answer 1

Discuss the similarities and differences between skellig and a real angel

Skellig is a character in a book by David Almond. He is an angel, but acts nothing like one. He lives in a broken garage and eats bugs and spiders. A traditional angel is described in the dictionary as being kind, loving, polite and plenty more, these are just a few thing Skellig is not good at being. They are known to wear long white robes and have long blonde hair. Skellig and a traditional angel are completely different, they live in different places, eat different things and they wear different things. We know that they are different because if you saw an angel you would know straight away, but when Michael first saw Skellig he said who are you, what are you?

Skellig is so different to an angel, For example he lives in a dirty, old broken garage which has a saggy roof. He has a white cracked pale face it is as pale as snow we know this because Michael said so. He has weak fragile ones, because he has Arthur Itis, Skellig said that most of him is Arthur, Arthur Itis. You wouldn't imagine a angel to wear a suite and tie but that's what Skellig wears. It would be alright but it is all dusty and ripped. There is only one way that Skellig looks like an angel and that's his big dusty old broken wings.

A traditional angel has a loving personality, because they are always happy and love everyone. Unlike Skellig they love everyone and Skellig does not. At the beginning of the book he doesn't care out anyone not even himself. He only wants what he wants, and if he doesn't get it he will keep repeating himself until he gets what he has been waiting for. Skellig has a horrible personality, because he hates people helping him. We know Skellig treats people like this because he said to Michael "Just leave me alone, get me some bloody aspirin".

Skellig does not treat people very well he always says "go away, just leave me alone". He treats people like this when he doesn't know them very well, because when he first met Mina and Michael he treated them like this but as he gets to know them he lightens up. We know that he lightens up because he say t them "You two are a pair of angels". Traditional angels have a few special powers like: he saves the baby's life, they can fly and one more they love each and every one of us.

There is lots of discussing things Skellig does and they are he eats bugs and spider of the floor, another is that he eats left over Chinese food with his weak, brital fingers. How he eats and what he eats is different to a angel because everyone imagines angels to eat heavenly foods like fruit and salad. The only time Skellig eats properly is when people bring him the food and he doesn't even say thank you, but nobody knows he exists most of the time.

For saying Skellig might be an angel, he uses horrible language. He swears. We know this because he says to Michael "just get me some bloody aspirin". He also uses some other language like he says "I'm knakkered". A traditional angel would never even try to use this sort of language because they are meant to help people not swear at them to get them to do things for them. Once Skellig gets to know you he doesn't swear at you. Throw out the book Skelligs language gets better.

In conclusion I think Skellig is a fallen angel, that's why he looks, eats and acts differently to one. He is like an angel because he has wings and the power to heal Michael's baby sister. Depending if he is in pain or not Skellig speaks differently. We occasionally think of angels to wear white robes. We know Skellig is different to normal angels because he says "I'm something like you, something like a beast, something like a bird, something like an angel". If he was a really angel he would admit to being an angel and not say that he is something like a beast. David Almond is a very clever author because he leaves it up to you to decide if Skellig is an angel or not.