Ernest Hemingway. Old man at the bridge презентация

that he could write a short story in just six words.

1. His mom was quite stubborn. Many believe his mother wanted another girl, and so until Ernest was four his mother dressed him up like a girl.

2. He wanted to fight in World War I, but was denied due to his wretched eye sight. However, he convinced the military to make him an ambulance driver.

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

6. During his 62 years, he married four times and divorced three times.

5. During his life, Hemingway survived exposure to anthrax, malaria, skin cancer, and pneumonia. He lived through diabetes, two plane crashes, a ruptured kidney, hepatitis, a ruptured spleen, a fractured skull, a crushed vertebra, and the only thing he could not stop was himself.

the interaction of following elements: the character, setting, plot, narrative method, theme and linguistic elements.

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.

story-telling transforms it into a powerful story about the tragedy of war.

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.

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.

innocent victims

- 9 lives - the survivor

associated with peace, can fly away from the war -

will be the day another innocent victim is crucified.

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.

The title: "Old man at the Bridge“
That final Bridge between life and death