Question

What does the bridge symbolize in the story an old man at the bridge?​

Answer 1

The old man symbolizes war's destructive impact on the innocent. Like the animals he leaves behind, the old man has no idea what the war means or why it is happening, but it nevertheless upends his life. Hemingway uses the old man's fate to critique warfare.

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Answer 2

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The old man becomes a symbol of the countless civilian victims of war-- those "without politics." The old man is going to die at the bridge--displaced, disoriented, alone. He's not a cat, nor a dove, but a goat--who was "only taking care of animals."

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