The cause and effect in A very Old man with enormous wings

In the short story, "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings", by Gabrial Marquez, two carnivals occur simultaneously. The carnivals take place in a small town, sicken with poverty on the shore of the ocean. In one of the carnivals, there was a very old man with enormous wings whom the townspeople believed was an angel. In the second carnival, there was a woman who, at a young age, disobeyed her parents and was turned …

…who she was to them. Do to this the townspeople could associate with her horrific misfortune; while they could not relate to the old man with enormous wings because his image conflicted with their beliefs of an angel. To this day there has always been the "stereotypical angel"; knowing this could one be able to accept the old man as he is or must one change him to fit their own perception of an angel?