What does the pigeons in the story old man at the bridge signify?
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The story “Old Man at the Bridge” is set in the backdrop of Spanish Civil War in 1938. ... and came to know that the seventy-six years old man had no one but pets — two goats, a cat and eight pigeons.
The setting is a spot in the countryside during the Spanish Civil War. An old man with spectacles sits exhausted by the side of the road near a pontoon bridge that crosses a river. ... The old man says he had charge of two goats, a cat, and four pairs of pigeons.
The 2 goats represent the soldiers who could not take care of themselves and couldn't fight the war. The cat represents the soldiers who could fight well with the enemy and kill them without any fear. The 4 pairs of pigeons symbolize new hope. The short story 'old man at the bridge' has lots of metaphors and symbols.
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The story “Old Man at the Bridge” is set in the backdrop of Spanish Civil War in 1938. ... and came to know that the seventy-six years old man had no one but pets — two goats, a cat and eight pigeons.
The setting is a spot in the countryside during the Spanish Civil War. An old man with spectacles sits exhausted by the side of the road near a pontoon bridge that crosses a river. ... The old man says he had charge of two goats, a cat, and four pairs of pigeons.
The 2 goats represent the soldiers who could not take care of themselves and couldn't fight the war. The cat represents the soldiers who could fight well with the enemy and kill them without any fear. The 4 pairs of pigeons symbolize new hope. The short story 'old man at the bridge' has lots of metaphors and symbols.
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he had two goats, a cat, and four pairs of pigeons...The old man's beloved animals symbolize innocent victims of war. the fact that the narrator refers to them as "dove" ( a symbol of peace ) after the old man spoke of them as pigeons revealed his longing for the war to end...
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