Question

In the story old man at the bridge hemingway uses a lot of metaphors and symbol . explain them

Answer 1

The excerpt has been taken from the story "Old Man at The Bridge" written by Ernest Hemingway. Many symbols and metaphors have been used in the story.

The lonely old man himself symbolizes a soldier who is alive after the war. The 2 goats represent the soldiers who could not take care of themselves and couldn't fight the war. The cat represents the soldiers who could fight well with the enemy and kill them without any fear. The 4 pairs of pigeons symbolize new hope.

Answer 2

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The short story ‘old man at the bridge’ has lots of metaphors and symbols.

Amongst them, one of the symbols is the bridge, which indicated the feeling of fear that a person gets during wartime. 

With this matter of fact, they feel frightened but they do not want to see themselves to lose. 

Also, the story-included animals to represent a characteristic like pigeons represent peace and cat symbolize independence.