Question and answer 1.What was the old man doing in his native town? 2. What does the narrator suggest the old man? 3. Why does the narrator take so much time to converse with the old man? 4. Describe in brief the physical appearance of the old man. 5. What all animals did he own? What kind of relationship did he share with them?
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Q.1. Ans.
The old man is a native of San Carlos; he tells Hemingway that he has been taking care of some animals (two goats, a cat, and four pairs of pigeons) in his native town. The old man only left San Carlos when a Captain warned him that enemy artillery fire was on its way.
Q.2. Ans.
The narrator advices the old man not to keep sitting by the road side,near the pontoon bridge across the river to which all kinds of vehicle and people were crossing to get away from possible.
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The narrator in the story takes a lot of time to converse with the old man because he slowly tries to convince the old man to cross the bridge so the man won't die. He gets to know the man so he can slowly persuade him inside the conversation
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Describe the old man's appearance. ... The old man wore steel rimmed spectacles; his clothes were black and dusty and his face had turned grey from dust. In San Carlos, he was taking care of his animals.
Q.5. Ans.
What kind of relationship did he share with them? He had two goats, a cat and four pairs of pigeons. The animals were his family; he loved them and cared for them so much that separating from them made him feel that he had lost his reason for existence.