How does the war impact everyone.explain with reference to the story the old msn at the bridge
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OLD MAN AT THE BRIDGE
shows the devastating impact that war can have on people , especially innocent civilians . As the story opens thousands of refuges are making their way to safety across a hastily constructed pontoon bridge . The fascists are coming , and their well deserved reputation for brutality precedes them . with the imminent arrival of enemy forces , local people have no choice but to move on out.
THE old man must also leave but he chooses not to ,sitting by the side of dusty road in a state of debilitating torpor .Soldiers tires to get the old man to get up and leave ; but although he manages to rise to his feet . The old man soon slumps back down in the dust , and there he remains .
The war was had a particularly devastating impact on the old man.
This is the second time he's been required to leave the town as a result of the conflict . He reluctantly hadto leave his hometown of San carlos behind ,abandoning the animals he had been caring for . This is what war does to the people -it turns their whole lives upside down .
More than that , it deeply traumatized them , as we can seen it in the old man's constant worrying over the faith of the animals he was forced to leave
behind