Ernest Hemingway OLD MAN AT THE BRIDGE Analysis
6 INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT ERNEST HEMINGWAY
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This story is a good literary work, which is created by the interaction of following elements: the character, setting, plot, narrative method, theme and linguistic elements.
This story, as other stories like this, has a tight knit structure. It means the it has a limited number of character, a restricted time span. It devoted to a single predominant event and includes only a few actions.
THEME Small, ordinary detail in a situation and by the art of story-telling transforms it into a powerful story about the tragedy of war.
A first person narrator (Scout) who tells the story through careful description, reportage of dialogue and insightful commentary about the old man. The narrator's conversation allows the old man to have a voice. The voiceless victims speak through the old man.
CHARACTER The central character is the 76 yr. old man, a war refugee who has been uprooted and displaced by the war. disoriented, confused and disconnected He will die at the bridge - another nameless innocent victim of war. Through Scout’s telling of the story, he gradually articulates who the old man is and what he represents. The Scout at the beginning is the impersonal narrator who sees the old man and decides to engage him in conversation. By asking the old man questions about himself, the Scout gradually understands the situation of the old man.
SYMBOLS
ANIMALS - 9 lives - the survivor associated with peace, can fly away from the war -the animals who can't escape. Sacrificial animals. Scape goats who are innocent victims
Easter Sunday Ironic contrast. The day of the celebration of the resurrection will be the day another innocent victim is crucified. The title: "Old man at the Bridge“ That final Bridge between life and death OTHERS The 4 repetitions of the old man's words: "I was taking care of animals. “ Eloquent symbolic expression of all those voiceless innocent men, women and children who are the victims of wars they neither support nor understand.
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