Ernest Hemingway. Old man at the bridge

1. Ernest Hemingway OLD MAN AT THE BRIDGE

2. 6 INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT ERNEST HEMINGWAY

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4. Ernest Hemingway
once published a recipe for
apple pie in his column. In
fact, he had a lot of recipes
for food.

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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.

6.

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.

7. 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.

8.

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.

9. 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.

10. SYMBOLS

11. 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

12. OTHERS

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.