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Ernest HemingwayOld Man at the Bridge
Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1938A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.
Essay Topics
“The Old Man at the Bridge” is unusual in that it is a war story that doesn’t show the war. Pick a story, film, or other source you are familiar with that depicts battles scenes and the violence in war. Compare and contrast the representation of war in your chosen piece and “The Old Man at the Bridge.”
Identify the three observations the narrator makes that reveal the most about his character. Explain your answers.
At the end of the story, the narrator says of the old man, “There is nothing to be done about him” (58). Is this true? Discuss the morality of his response to the old man.
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