1. Who is the narrator of the story "The Old Man at the Bridge'? Name the bridge
and the river.
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Thus he is worried more about the safety of his animals than his own safety. The narrator in the story 'Old Man at the Bridge' is the soldier who comes in contact with an old man at the bridge where people are crossing to flee from the Spanish Civil War.
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The short story,“The Old Man at the Bridge” is set during the Spanish Civil War—the old man is a civilian in loyalist territory; the narrator is a loyalist sympathizer, and it is only a matter of time before the fascists advance on the town from across the bridge. The old man is weak and weary; at the beginning of the story all the peasants in the area are migrating to safety, away from the war, but the old man cannot make it. He is sitting in the dust by the side of the road, despairing, clinging to the memory of his home and his animals. He was taking care of animals—specifically, two goats, a cat, and four pigeons, in his hometown of San Carlos, before the town was evacuated due to artillery fire. The old man had no family beyond these animals, and he could not bear to leave them, so much so that he was the very last person to leave San Carlos. When asked about his loyalties, the old man replies, “’I have no politics … I am seventy-six years old. I have come twelve kilometers now and I think now I can go no further.’