Old Man at the Bridge
- Ernest Heming
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Explanation:
When the narrator urges the old man to try to walk until he can catch a truck that could carry him away, the old man can only fall back down, repeating, “I was taking care of animals.” The narrator concludes that he cannot help the old man, and presumably leaves him to die there.
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The prose is written in true Hemingway style with complete disregard to form and elaboration of any kind. It begins with a description of an old man, sitting idly on a bridge when people all around are rushing about. The initial passage illustrates a war-like situation as the Fascist forces are advancing towards a town called Ebro. The contrast between the rushing crowds who are all trying to move forward and get away from the place as soon as they can and the lone old man sitting all by himself strikes the reader as absurd. This level of detachment and vulnerability displayed by the old man as the deadly war approaches is the actual intent of this story.
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