Question

(e) What aspect of the speaker is evident from his concern about others( Lesson "The Old man at the bridge"​

Answer 1

Answer:

Explanation:

The narrator is a soldier for the Republican (left-wing) side in the Spanish Civil War. When carrying out his duties of determining the extent of the enemy advance, he finds an old man who is sitting by the side of the road in the enemy’s path. He talks with the old man, trying to convince him to flee to safety, but he is constantly distracted by thoughts of the enemy’s advancement. His responses to the man are often perfunctory or dismissive, such as when the man earnestly and emotionally inquires about whether the animals he left behind might survive, and the narrator simply answers, “Why not?” While the narrator does encourage the man to flee, he never tries to understand who the man is or what might motivate him, and he fairly quickly decides that, since there is “nothing to do about” the old man, he must leave. The reader concludes that the old man will die.

Answer 2

He was on his duty and with that he was talking to the old man too.He was too responsible for his duty too and also worried for the old man and his animals.

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