Question

Justify the story The old man at the Bridge as an antiwar story.

Answer 1

The story is of an old man standing at the bridge looking at the sunset and the clouds of dust and smoke rising high.

The war situation has still; not calmed yet the man can smell the coming of more destruction and death.

The enemies are on their way with more strong weapons and artillery.

The view of the beautiful sunset is slowing getting hazy and so the future of the country.

Answer 2

Answer:

The old man is the heroic fatalist or fatalistic hero of the story, resigned to his fate as a casualty of the war. He is too old and tired to move, he says, and demonstrates, to the narrator, and the narrator reflects that he is sure to be killed once the Fascists advance to the bridge across the Ebro.

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