Question

Answer the following with reference to Ernest Hemingway's short story: Old Man at the Bridge':
How is the bridge important in the story?
Why had the old man come to the bridge? Why was he sad?

Answer 1

Pontoon Bridge is a temporary floating platform built across several boats or hollow structures or we can say it’s a floating bridge. It was the time when Spanish Civil war broke out and the scene was a typical war zone when the civilians were fleeing and the vehicles were moving across the bridge to protect themselves from the enemy’s attack. The scene was 12 kilometers away from the town of the San Carlos and the temporary bridge had been made to help the people move out of the war zone.