i) Why does the narrator tell the old man that it is not a good place to stop ?
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The question probably looks from the short story "Old man at the bridge".
The narrator tells the old man that it is not a good place to stop because the war was going to start. The narrator didn't want the old man to be the victim of the war. So, he advised the old man to keep going away from the area where the war would be fought.
The summary of the story:-
There was an old man at the pontoon bridge. He wore dusty clothes. The narrator was a soldier who had been sent to see where the enemy had advanced. The narrator did as he was told and he helped the people move far away from the war zone. He saw the old man sitting. He interrogated the old man. The old man told him about his town and that he had to leave the town because of the artillery. In a rush, he had to leave the only family, his animals. He had a cat, two goats and 4 pair of pigeons. He had to leave them there only. He was really upset about it because he had no-one else other than his animals. The narrator tried to convince him that it was not a good place to stop as he was not safe here. The old man was too tired and continued to talk to himself. He had to suffer so much because of the war along with countless other people and soldiers.