Question

The old man and the bridge-- Ernest Hemingway


(a) Where is the author and the narrator of the story? What situation does the
author describe here?



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Answer 1

Answer:

The short story,“The Old Manat the Bridge” is set during the Spanish Civil War—the old man is a civilian in loyalist territory; the narrator is a loyalist sympathizer, and it is only a matter of time before the fascists advance on the town from across thebridge.