Question

state how both the narrator and the old man depicted as helpless by the end of the story old man at the bridge​

Answer 1

The old man loved his animals so much rhat separating from them made him feel that he has lost his reason for existence. The old man, like his goats, had no one to take care of him and thus he surrended to his fate.

The narrator lends a kind ear to the old man and urges the man to get up and cross the bridge ; the man tries but fails. The soldier feels sorry for him. Thus the story ends with the old man's concern for the goats and the soldier's concern for the old man.

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Answer 2

Answer:

The old man loved his animals so much that separating from them made him feel that he had lost his reason for existence. ... Thus the story ends with the old man's concern for the goats and the soldier's concern for the old man