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The Old Man at the Bridge
"An old man with steel rimmed spectacles and very dusty clothes sat by the side of the road. There was a pontoon bridge across the river and carts, trucks, and men, women and children were crossing it..."
The Old Man at the Bridge is a short story by Ernest Hemingway, published within The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway (1925), among other works. Set near San Carlos, Spain, it is narrated in the first person by an unnamed soldier on the dawn of incipient civil war, and tells of an old, worn-down man sitting near a make-shift pontoon bridge. The man, unable to go any further, confesses his troubles to the soldier, and contemplates the bleak outlook of the next step to take.
Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) was an American author and journalist. His economical and understated style had a strong influence on 20th-century fiction, while his life of adventure and his public image influenced later generations. Hemingway produced most of his work between the mid-1920s and the mid-1950s, and won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954. He published seven novels, six short story collections and two non-fiction works. Three novels, four collections of short stories and three non-fiction works were published posthumously. Many of these are considered classics of American literature.
The Old Man at the Bridge is a short story by Ernest Hemingway, published within The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway (1925), among other works. Set near San Carlos, Spain, it is narrated in the first person by an unnamed soldier on the dawn of incipient civil war, and tells of an old, worn-down man sitting near a make-shift pontoon bridge. The man, unable to go any further, confesses his troubles to the soldier, and contemplates the bleak outlook of the next step to take.
Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) was an American author and journalist. His economical and understated style had a strong influence on 20th-century fiction, while his life of adventure and his public image influenced later generations. Hemingway produced most of his work between the mid-1920s and the mid-1950s, and won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954. He published seven novels, six short story collections and two non-fiction works. Three novels, four collections of short stories and three non-fiction works were published posthumously. Many of these are considered classics of American literature.
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Ernest Hemingway
2,181 books32.2k followersErnest Miller Hemingway was an American novelist, short-story writer and journalist. Best known for an economical, understated style that significantly influenced later 20th-century writers, he is often romanticized for his adventurous lifestyle, and outspoken and blunt public image. Most of Hemingway's works were published between the mid-1920s and mid-1950s, including seven novels, six short-story collections and two non-fiction works. His writings have become classics of American literature; he was awarded the 1954 Nobel Prize in Literature, while three of his novels, four short-story collections and three nonfiction works were published posthumously.
Hemingway was raised in Oak Park, Illinois. After high school, he spent six months as a cub reporter for The Kansas City Star before enlisting in the Red Cross. He served as an ambulance driver on the Italian Front in World War I and was seriously wounded in 1918. His wartime experiences formed the basis for his 1929 novel A Farewell to Arms. He married Hadley Richardson in 1921, the first of four wives. They moved to Paris where he worked as a foreign correspondent for the Toronto Star and fell under the influence of the modernist writers and artists of the 1920s' "Lost Generation" expatriate community. His debut novel The Sun Also Rises was published in 1926.
He divorced Richardson in 1927 and married Pauline Pfeiffer. They divorced after he returned from the Spanish Civil War, where he had worked as a journalist and which formed the basis for his 1940 novel For Whom the Bell Tolls. Martha Gellhorn became his third wife in 1940. He and Gellhorn separated after he met Mary Welsh Hemingway in London during World War II. Hemingway was present with Allied troops as a journalist at the Normandy landings and the liberation of Paris. He maintained permanent residences in Key West, Florida, in the 1930s and in Cuba in the 1940s and 1950s. On a 1954 trip to Africa, he was seriously injured in two plane accidents on successive days, leaving him in pain and ill health for much of the rest of his life. In 1959, he bought a house in Ketchum, Idaho, where, on July 2, 1961 (a couple weeks before his 62nd birthday), he killed himself using one of his shotguns.
Hemingway was raised in Oak Park, Illinois. After high school, he spent six months as a cub reporter for The Kansas City Star before enlisting in the Red Cross. He served as an ambulance driver on the Italian Front in World War I and was seriously wounded in 1918. His wartime experiences formed the basis for his 1929 novel A Farewell to Arms. He married Hadley Richardson in 1921, the first of four wives. They moved to Paris where he worked as a foreign correspondent for the Toronto Star and fell under the influence of the modernist writers and artists of the 1920s' "Lost Generation" expatriate community. His debut novel The Sun Also Rises was published in 1926.
He divorced Richardson in 1927 and married Pauline Pfeiffer. They divorced after he returned from the Spanish Civil War, where he had worked as a journalist and which formed the basis for his 1940 novel For Whom the Bell Tolls. Martha Gellhorn became his third wife in 1940. He and Gellhorn separated after he met Mary Welsh Hemingway in London during World War II. Hemingway was present with Allied troops as a journalist at the Normandy landings and the liberation of Paris. He maintained permanent residences in Key West, Florida, in the 1930s and in Cuba in the 1940s and 1950s. On a 1954 trip to Africa, he was seriously injured in two plane accidents on successive days, leaving him in pain and ill health for much of the rest of his life. In 1959, he bought a house in Ketchum, Idaho, where, on July 2, 1961 (a couple weeks before his 62nd birthday), he killed himself using one of his shotguns.
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December 10, 2016
دوستانِ گرانقدر، این داستان در موردِ پیرمردیست که با عینکی دور فلزی و لباس هایِ کهنه بر راهِ ورودی یک پُل نشسته است و آن پُل محلِ عبورِ مردمی است که به دلیلِ «جنگ» و خطراتِ احتمالی، مجبور به ترکِ محلِ زندگیِ خود هستند
سربازی مسئولِ وارسیِ رفت و آمد بر رویِ این پُل است، و مکالمه ای بینِ او و این پیرمرد ایجاد میشود
پیرمرد حاضر به ترکِ آن مکان نیست... پیرمرد خانواده ای ندارد، تنها نگرانِ حیواناتِ خویش است... پیرمرد تنها از حیوانات نگهداری میکند... پیرمرد 2 بز، 1 گربه و 4 جفت کبوتر دارد
پیرمرد نگرانِ گربه نیست، گربه میتواند پنهان شود، ولی نگرانِ حیوانات دیگری است... در جنگ سرنوشتِ آنها چیست؟؟؟... پیرمرد نمیداند در این جنگِ نابرابر چه گناهی مرتکب شده است؟!؟ او فقط و فقط «از حیوانات نگهداری میکرد»... همین
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به سرباز خبر دادند که هواپیماهایِ دشمن به دلیلِ هوایِ ابری، قادر به پرواز و بمبارانِ آن منطقه نیستند
حال تنها دلخوشیِ پیرمرد همین بود: هواپیماهایِ دشمن قادر به پرواز نیستند و دیگر دلخوشی او این بود که: گربه ها می دانند چگونه از خود مراقبت کنند
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امیدوارم از خواندنِ این داستانِ کوتاه، لذت ببرید
«پیروز باشید و ایرانی»
سربازی مسئولِ وارسیِ رفت و آمد بر رویِ این پُل است، و مکالمه ای بینِ او و این پیرمرد ایجاد میشود
پیرمرد حاضر به ترکِ آن مکان نیست... پیرمرد خانواده ای ندارد، تنها نگرانِ حیواناتِ خویش است... پیرمرد تنها از حیوانات نگهداری میکند... پیرمرد 2 بز، 1 گربه و 4 جفت کبوتر دارد
پیرمرد نگرانِ گربه نیست، گربه میتواند پنهان شود، ولی نگرانِ حیوانات دیگری است... در جنگ سرنوشتِ آنها چیست؟؟؟... پیرمرد نمیداند در این جنگِ نابرابر چه گناهی مرتکب شده است؟!؟ او فقط و فقط «از حیوانات نگهداری میکرد»... همین
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به سرباز خبر دادند که هواپیماهایِ دشمن به دلیلِ هوایِ ابری، قادر به پرواز و بمبارانِ آن منطقه نیستند
حال تنها دلخوشیِ پیرمرد همین بود: هواپیماهایِ دشمن قادر به پرواز نیستند و دیگر دلخوشی او این بود که: گربه ها می دانند چگونه از خود مراقبت کنند
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امیدوارم از خواندنِ این داستانِ کوتاه، لذت ببرید
«پیروز باشید و ایرانی»
July 18, 2018
«من فقط از حیوانات نگهداری میکردیم»
یکی از معصومانه ترین جملاتی است که درباره جنگ خوندم، همینگوی با این جمله ساده پوچی جنگ را در ذهن مردم عادی به نمایش میگذارد.. مردمی که بیشترین تاثیر را از جنگ میگیرند و کمترین اثر را بر آن دارند
یکی از معصومانه ترین جملاتی است که درباره جنگ خوندم، همینگوی با این جمله ساده پوچی جنگ را در ذهن مردم عادی به نمایش میگذارد.. مردمی که بیشترین تاثیر را از جنگ میگیرند و کمترین اثر را بر آن دارند
April 1, 2023
"من فقط از حیوانات نگهداری میکردم."
داستان کوتاه بود ولی تاثیرگذار، روان و پرتمثیل نوشته شده بود.
در جنگ پیش آمده، مردم بخاطر پیشروی دشمن از روی پلی عبور کرده و خود را نجات میدهند.
مردی ماموربت دارد سراغ پل بیاید تا ببیند دشمن به پل رسیده یا نه که متوجه پیرمردی میشود که بر روی پل نشسته. پیرمردی که در آن سمت پل، زندگی ساده ای داشته و تنها تکرار میکند که از حیواناتش نگهداری میکرده و حالا نگران این هست که آیا اونا هم میتونن فرار کنن یا نه.
دوست داشتید برای خوندن تحلیل داستان به لینک زیر برید:
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لینک کتاب رایگان در طاقچه:
https://taaghche.com/book/20922
داستان کوتاه بود ولی تاثیرگذار، روان و پرتمثیل نوشته شده بود.
در جنگ پیش آمده، مردم بخاطر پیشروی دشمن از روی پلی عبور کرده و خود را نجات میدهند.
مردی ماموربت دارد سراغ پل بیاید تا ببیند دشمن به پل رسیده یا نه که متوجه پیرمردی میشود که بر روی پل نشسته. پیرمردی که در آن سمت پل، زندگی ساده ای داشته و تنها تکرار میکند که از حیواناتش نگهداری میکرده و حالا نگران این هست که آیا اونا هم میتونن فرار کنن یا نه.
دوست داشتید برای خوندن تحلیل داستان به لینک زیر برید:
https://virgool.io/@ghaffaria/%D8%AA%...
لینک کتاب رایگان در طاقچه:
https://taaghche.com/book/20922
February 10, 2021
پیرمرد بر سر پل یک داستان کوتاه مثل بقیه داستانهای کوتاه که چرکنویسی بیش نیستند نبود.
حداقل به ۲ دلیل برای من اینطور نبود: اول اینکه جلوی پمپ بنزین در خیابان میرزای شیرازی سوار اسنپ شدم و اولین چیزی که به چشمم خورد داشبورد خودرو بود که رویش کاغذی نوشته بود امتیاز هیچ اهمیتی برای من ندارد اما خوشحال میشوم اگر یکی از داستانهای کوتاه روی داشبورد را مطالعه کنی! اولی رو برداشتم که این کتاب بود و خواندم٬ هنوز در این فکرم که چقدر کار راننده قشنگ بوده و چقدر خوبه هر چقدر هم که شده کتاب بخوانیم حتی داستانهای کوتاه اصلا هرچه که شد٬ فکر میکنم همه موافق باشید که خواندن یک کتاب حتی بد بهتر از نخواندن هیچ کتابیه. دوم به دلیل اینکه نویسنده در اوج سادگی یکی از زشتیهای چهرهی جنگ رو در مقابل همهی زندگی یک پیرمردِ تنها روبروی هم قرار میده٬ پیرمردی که نه زن داشت نه فرزند اما به فکر ۲ بز٬ ۱ گربه و ۴ کبوتری بود که از آنها مواظبت میکرد٬ خودش که محل زندگی خود را ترک کرده بود از کنار پل تکان نمیخورد اما در ذهنش خود را فراموش کرده بود و به آنها فکر میکرد و میگفت: سر گربه بلایی نمیاید چون میداند چطور از خود مواظبت کند اما آنهای دیگر...
لعنت به هر چی جنگه.
حداقل به ۲ دلیل برای من اینطور نبود: اول اینکه جلوی پمپ بنزین در خیابان میرزای شیرازی سوار اسنپ شدم و اولین چیزی که به چشمم خورد داشبورد خودرو بود که رویش کاغذی نوشته بود امتیاز هیچ اهمیتی برای من ندارد اما خوشحال میشوم اگر یکی از داستانهای کوتاه روی داشبورد را مطالعه کنی! اولی رو برداشتم که این کتاب بود و خواندم٬ هنوز در این فکرم که چقدر کار راننده قشنگ بوده و چقدر خوبه هر چقدر هم که شده کتاب بخوانیم حتی داستانهای کوتاه اصلا هرچه که شد٬ فکر میکنم همه موافق باشید که خواندن یک کتاب حتی بد بهتر از نخواندن هیچ کتابیه. دوم به دلیل اینکه نویسنده در اوج سادگی یکی از زشتیهای چهرهی جنگ رو در مقابل همهی زندگی یک پیرمردِ تنها روبروی هم قرار میده٬ پیرمردی که نه زن داشت نه فرزند اما به فکر ۲ بز٬ ۱ گربه و ۴ کبوتری بود که از آنها مواظبت میکرد٬ خودش که محل زندگی خود را ترک کرده بود از کنار پل تکان نمیخورد اما در ذهنش خود را فراموش کرده بود و به آنها فکر میکرد و میگفت: سر گربه بلایی نمیاید چون میداند چطور از خود مواظبت کند اما آنهای دیگر...
لعنت به هر چی جنگه.
October 16, 2023
#A story a day to chase the blues away #15
“O Velhinho da Ponte”, Ernest Hemingway, EUA, 1938
Quando se inicia este conto com a Guerra Civil espanhola como cenário, o velhinho já está sentado numa estrada junto a uma ponte e quando ele termina, poucas páginas depois, ele lá continua. Apesar dos esforços do soldado para que ele avance até um lugar mais seguro, o velho não consegue deixar de matutar, com toda a razão, nos animais que teve de deixar para trás.
-Eu só cuidava dos animais…
Não havia nada a fazer-lhe. Estávamos no domingo de Páscoa e os fascistas avançavam para o Ebro. O dia mostrava-se triste e cinzento. As nuvens rasavam a terra. Por isso, não apareciam os aviões do inimigo. Essa circunstância e o facto de os gatos serem capazes de perfeitamente tomarem conta de si mesmos, eram as únicas coisas que, nesse dia, poderiam constituir para o velhinho um pálido sorriso da fortuna.
“O Velhinho da Ponte”, Ernest Hemingway, EUA, 1938
Quando se inicia este conto com a Guerra Civil espanhola como cenário, o velhinho já está sentado numa estrada junto a uma ponte e quando ele termina, poucas páginas depois, ele lá continua. Apesar dos esforços do soldado para que ele avance até um lugar mais seguro, o velho não consegue deixar de matutar, com toda a razão, nos animais que teve de deixar para trás.
-Eu só cuidava dos animais…
Não havia nada a fazer-lhe. Estávamos no domingo de Páscoa e os fascistas avançavam para o Ebro. O dia mostrava-se triste e cinzento. As nuvens rasavam a terra. Por isso, não apareciam os aviões do inimigo. Essa circunstância e o facto de os gatos serem capazes de perfeitamente tomarem conta de si mesmos, eram as únicas coisas que, nesse dia, poderiam constituir para o velhinho um pálido sorriso da fortuna.
December 27, 2019
رجلٌ عجوز، قطة، عنزتان، و أربعة أزواج من الحمائم
تدفعهم الحرب إلى الإفتراق
القطة لا خوف عليها، فهي قطة و ستصرف نفسها.
أزواج الحمائم ستطير بعيدا عن منطقة الحرب
تبقى العنزتان
و لكن بدل القلق عليهما
أنا أقلق على العجوز الذي بفقد اهتمامته و حيواناته التي يرعاها، لن يعرف كيف يصرف نفسه
تدفعهم الحرب إلى الإفتراق
القطة لا خوف عليها، فهي قطة و ستصرف نفسها.
أزواج الحمائم ستطير بعيدا عن منطقة الحرب
تبقى العنزتان
و لكن بدل القلق عليهما
أنا أقلق على العجوز الذي بفقد اهتمامته و حيواناته التي يرعاها، لن يعرف كيف يصرف نفسه
February 11, 2024
The story OLD MAN AT THE BRIDGE is based upon an incident that took place on a bridge built on Ebro river. The story shows how the war has caused sufferings to the people who are not even the partake of this war and how badly the war has affected the people, including this feeble old man. He is the main character of the story and is 76 years old. He gives meaning to his life by taking care of his animals whom he considered as his only family. But in the end, being departed from his animals due to war, the old man choosed his inevitable death. He just wanted to take care of his animals🥺💔
February 2, 2022
The Old Man at the Bridge is a short story by Ernest Hemingway. The story is set during the Spanish Civil War in 1938. When refugees are crossing a bridge to flee from the advancing Fascist army, an alienated and exhausted old man didn’t want to cross the bridge. He is too fatigued and worn out to walk any further. A soldier monitors the excavation and finds the old man sitting by the side of the road.
During the conversation, the soldier came to know that the old man had nobody and nothing except his animals whom he took care of. They were everything that he ever have. For the old man, however, the cost of war is not simply his life, since, by the time the story begins, the war has already taken what matters most to him. The old man denotes the innocent and the guiltless civilians who neither recognize the policies of war nor partakes in it.
I like how the story gets shaped according to the old man's emotions. The story states how our thinking takes direction during hard situations, we tend to make decisions according to our emotions at the cost of our life.
Hemingway illustrates the way wars disrupt the lives of innocent people who are caught up in the middle, but also the way it frustrates those who cannot do anything about it. While life is associated with concern and human bondage, war breaks every human tie.
During the conversation, the soldier came to know that the old man had nobody and nothing except his animals whom he took care of. They were everything that he ever have. For the old man, however, the cost of war is not simply his life, since, by the time the story begins, the war has already taken what matters most to him. The old man denotes the innocent and the guiltless civilians who neither recognize the policies of war nor partakes in it.
I like how the story gets shaped according to the old man's emotions. The story states how our thinking takes direction during hard situations, we tend to make decisions according to our emotions at the cost of our life.
Hemingway illustrates the way wars disrupt the lives of innocent people who are caught up in the middle, but also the way it frustrates those who cannot do anything about it. While life is associated with concern and human bondage, war breaks every human tie.
August 16, 2025
نویسنده هایی که همینگوی ازشون درس آموخته و الهام گرفته بود (مکتب قدیم)، از جنگ و بحران و بیکاری و قحطی و گرانی و جنبشهای کارگری و تحولات سیاسی-آنچه در جهان می گذشت- در کتاب ها و آثارشون حرفی به میون نمی آوردند چون "شیک" بهشمار نمی رفتند.
و حالا همینگوی؟ هر چه نویسنده های پیش از او در کافه های پاریس و همنشینی هایشان نکردهاند، به سرانجام رسوند.
-بخشی از مقدمه کتاب پیرمرد و دریا، ارنست همینگوی- ترجمه نجف دریابندری همراه با اندکی تغییر
و حالا همینگوی؟ هر چه نویسنده های پیش از او در کافه های پاریس و همنشینی هایشان نکردهاند، به سرانجام رسوند.
-بخشی از مقدمه کتاب پیرمرد و دریا، ارنست همینگوی- ترجمه نجف دریابندری همراه با اندکی تغییر
December 26, 2019
قصة قصيرة غاية في البساطة من حيث النص و التركيب السردي و لكنها تحمل الكثير من المعاني التي أراد أرنست أن يوصلها للشعب الإسباني خلال تلك الحرب الأهلية المريعة والتي كان أرنست متواجداً وسطها بصفته مراسلاً حربياً
أتصور أن بها الكثير من الرمزيات تستعدي التوقف والتأمل
احترم جداً الأدب التاريخي القديم الذي كان يستعصي عليه إيصال أفكاراً سياسية عميقة في وقتٍ ما لخطورتها فيلجاً للأدب الرمزي و المتواري بشكل يبدو عليه البساطة ظاهرياً ولكن فحواه رسائل عميقة قد لا نفهمها نحن الآن
جميلة القصة وقصيرة جداً
أتصور أن بها الكثير من الرمزيات تستعدي التوقف والتأمل
احترم جداً الأدب التاريخي القديم الذي كان يستعصي عليه إيصال أفكاراً سياسية عميقة في وقتٍ ما لخطورتها فيلجاً للأدب الرمزي و المتواري بشكل يبدو عليه البساطة ظاهرياً ولكن فحواه رسائل عميقة قد لا نفهمها نحن الآن
جميلة القصة وقصيرة جداً
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February 25, 2016there is no hope in the war.
February 8, 2021
لم يكن الرجل العجوز يريد سوى أن يعيش حياته بسلام وهو في السادسة والسبعين من عمره مع عنزتيه وقطته وأربعة أزواج من الحمام كان يعتني بهم في بلدته،
لم يكن يعرف شيئًا ولا يفعل شيئًا سوى الاعتناء بهم، فلماذا يدفعونه للتخلي عنهم خلفه، ليمشي اثنى عشر كيلو مترًا ليصل إلى الجسر الذي سيعبر منه إلى بلدة لا يعرف فيها أحدًا، وهو لم يعد قادرًا أصلًا على التقدم خطوة واحدة باتجاهها بعدما أجبره التعب على الجلوس على الجسر؟
الحرب، المدفعية، القصف، فلتكن أي شيء،
هو لم يكن يريد سوى الاعتناء بعنزتيه وقطته وحماماته، والبقاء في بلدته التي كان مجرد ذكرها يجلب الابتسامة إلى وجهه،
كانوا يتركونه وشأنه معهم في بلدته ليتدبر أمره،
"لم أكن أعرف سوى رعي الحيوانات"
لماذا يظل صدى صوته يتردد بألم؟
لماذا هي مؤلمة وقاسية هكذا؟،
القصة والحرب...
أكره الحرب، وأكره أكثر ما تفعله الحرب في الناس.
07.02.2021
لم يكن يعرف شيئًا ولا يفعل شيئًا سوى الاعتناء بهم، فلماذا يدفعونه للتخلي عنهم خلفه، ليمشي اثنى عشر كيلو مترًا ليصل إلى الجسر الذي سيعبر منه إلى بلدة لا يعرف فيها أحدًا، وهو لم يعد قادرًا أصلًا على التقدم خطوة واحدة باتجاهها بعدما أجبره التعب على الجلوس على الجسر؟
الحرب، المدفعية، القصف، فلتكن أي شيء،
هو لم يكن يريد سوى الاعتناء بعنزتيه وقطته وحماماته، والبقاء في بلدته التي كان مجرد ذكرها يجلب الابتسامة إلى وجهه،
كانوا يتركونه وشأنه معهم في بلدته ليتدبر أمره،
"لم أكن أعرف سوى رعي الحيوانات"
لماذا يظل صدى صوته يتردد بألم؟
لماذا هي مؤلمة وقاسية هكذا؟،
القصة والحرب...
أكره الحرب، وأكره أكثر ما تفعله الحرب في الناس.
07.02.2021
May 4, 2020
I have read two Hemingway short stories now and I am sincerely doubting his writing is going to be for me.
I can see what he is trying to do here. He is trying to show how war changes everything - not only the big and monumental things, but also the small details in life go through a transformation which is incredibly unsettling. While I do understand this, I do think this story just felt so... so small compared to the vast range of things that can be said about war, and how it could be so much more emotionally effective if he focused on any of those other things.
So all in all, I couldn't enjoy this story. Not because it was badly written, but because it didn't feel like the right way to *tell* this particular story.
I can see what he is trying to do here. He is trying to show how war changes everything - not only the big and monumental things, but also the small details in life go through a transformation which is incredibly unsettling. While I do understand this, I do think this story just felt so... so small compared to the vast range of things that can be said about war, and how it could be so much more emotionally effective if he focused on any of those other things.
So all in all, I couldn't enjoy this story. Not because it was badly written, but because it didn't feel like the right way to *tell* this particular story.
May 18, 2021
وقتی میگوید تمام نگرانیاش به خاطر دو تا بز، یک گربه و چهار جفت کبوتر است، لایهای از طنزی گزنده در دل خواننده ریشه میدواند و او را به فکر وامیدارد که پیرمرد را فقط یک شخص نداند، بلکه او را سمبل بداند. سمبل همهی آن کسانی که تمام دلبستگیهای خودشان را (حتی اگر چندتا پرندهی به ظاهر بیارزش باشد) واگذاشتهاند و به خاطر جنگی که هیچ نقشی در آن نداشتهاند، مجبور به فرار شدهاند.او نمیتواند (یا وانمود میکند نمیتواند) بفهمد چرا درگیر جنگ شده است و به حیوانهایش فکر میکند. و در اصل به جنگ و خونریزی دهنکجی میکند و به تمام آن کسانی که بیدلیل جنگآفرین بودهاند...فقط اوست که میداند مقصر نیست. فقط اوست که نمیداند مقصر کیست. پس خیلی سادهلوحانه میگوید: «من فقط از حیوانها نگهداری میکردم.»
و مگر غیر از این بوده؟ و طنز تلخ مگر چیست؟
(احمد گلشیری)
و مگر غیر از این بوده؟ و طنز تلخ مگر چیست؟
(احمد گلشیری)
December 26, 2019
Frankly I feel it’s a silly story by itself. I am not fond of wars or war stories. They are just sad. What would a 76 year old man do in cases of war? The irony is he was worried about the animals he left behind and not the war or the artillery that will devastate his place. Maybe Ernest Hemingway was eluding to the fact that no can escape a war not even the animals.
Maybe I should read the whole book where this story was extracted from to understand the concept.
Maybe I should read the whole book where this story was extracted from to understand the concept.
December 29, 2019
Probably a clash between the inner voices of his heart and mind.
Probably the worry for those who were left behind in 'wars', how they will be able to manage it. There are three categories: "Cats" who are kind of independent and can support themselves, "Pigeons" who are kind of "semi-independent" and may need to be "empowered" to be able to make it through with 50% chance of success and "Goats" who's outcomes are very uncertain and doomed to fate.
Probably it is a story that shows how "ridiculous" our thinking becomes in "wars" or how wars shift our minds only to what is "core" in our lives (in this case, the old man pigeons and goats). Ridiculous or core, I leave it to you.
Or maybe the author means something completely different. You could never tell. It is a very short story and many interpretations are possible.
Probably the worry for those who were left behind in 'wars', how they will be able to manage it. There are three categories: "Cats" who are kind of independent and can support themselves, "Pigeons" who are kind of "semi-independent" and may need to be "empowered" to be able to make it through with 50% chance of success and "Goats" who's outcomes are very uncertain and doomed to fate.
Probably it is a story that shows how "ridiculous" our thinking becomes in "wars" or how wars shift our minds only to what is "core" in our lives (in this case, the old man pigeons and goats). Ridiculous or core, I leave it to you.
Or maybe the author means something completely different. You could never tell. It is a very short story and many interpretations are possible.
December 26, 2019
A very sad book story which shines light on the simple matters that concern people’s minds when they are faced with war. Even though the old man doesn’t have a family to care for, his life before the artillery made sense to him and he cared for it very much, making himself unable to physically get up and go towards some idea or concept he doesn’t believe in. He held on the longest and yet it was still inevitable for him to go towards war. How many people are forced to fight for something they don’t believe in or which doesn’t have any impact on their lives, at least directly, and thus leave their hearts alongside their homes. Beautifully written by Hemingway.
December 30, 2019
قصة قصيرة جدا جدا عن رجل ترك بلاده بعد الحرب وترك وراءه حيواناته الأليفة.
وهنا تكمن القصة في رمزيات تلك الحيوانات، الحمامات التي فتح باب القفص لها وبالطبع طارت هل هي رمزية للحرية والسلام. والقطة التي لا خوف عليها لما ترمز هل هي للشعب المكافح والمناضل الذي لا خوف عليه. وماذا عن العنزتان؟
هذه القصص تحتاج لنقاش مع الآخرين لتكتشف الرمزيات المخفية.
وهنا تكمن القصة في رمزيات تلك الحيوانات، الحمامات التي فتح باب القفص لها وبالطبع طارت هل هي رمزية للحرية والسلام. والقطة التي لا خوف عليها لما ترمز هل هي للشعب المكافح والمناضل الذي لا خوف عليه. وماذا عن العنزتان؟
هذه القصص تحتاج لنقاش مع الآخرين لتكتشف الرمزيات المخفية.
December 16, 2018
Hemingway’s “The Old Man at the Bridge” , weighing in at a mere two pages, is a very short story that one could read in ten minutes or less. As per many Hemingway short stories, there is quite a bit going on under the surface of both description and dialogue and the reader must make many inferences to make some conclusions. And, as many a Hemingway tale, there are overtones to the effects of war on the individual, or, in the case of “The Old Man at the Bridge”, the individuals—the old man and the soldier. As battle rages on, a soldier encounters an old man who has stayed behind amid the conflict, an old man who takes care of animals.
This tale seems to explore the general theme of how duty for one’s job and one's morals sometimes conflict. While I feel as though there is a message behind the story that the reader can take away, “The Old Man at the Bridge” is a story that is rather sparse and thinly developed.
This tale seems to explore the general theme of how duty for one’s job and one's morals sometimes conflict. While I feel as though there is a message behind the story that the reader can take away, “The Old Man at the Bridge” is a story that is rather sparse and thinly developed.
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December 26, 2019قد تكون الأشياء الهامشية بالنسبة لك هي كل شيء بالنسبة لشخص آخر .. هذه الفكرة هي محور القصة ومحركها بحسب رأيي
December 27, 2019
بسبب المدفعيّة، واستعدادًا لـ “الحدث المبهم الذي يسمى الالتحام” مع العدو، كان آخر المغادرين من “سان كارلوس” الرجل العجوز الذي جلس هنيئة عند الجسر.
ولأنه كان يرعى وحسب: عنزتان، وقطة، وأربع أزواج من الحمائم، اضطر إلى تركها وراء ظهره ويمشي.
والحقيقة الوحيدة التي كانت لدى الرجل العجوز أن القطة تستطيع أن تدبِّر أمرها ولنفسها تنجي.
يبدو أن القطط والتي تعرف جيدًا أساليب المراوغة والاختباء تعرف جيدًا لنفسها كيف تحمي، ولكن هل تستطيع الحمائم أن تنجو بنفسها من قذائف المدفعية في السماء، أو العنزتين اللتين تعيشان على سيرٍ بلا هدى أن تعرف كيف وأين تمضي!!!
على شدة قصرها هذه القصة القصيرة، إلا أنها تشير إلى العدو “الحرب” ذلك المجهول النتائج القادم خلف أسوار الترقّب، وهناك حقيقة واحدة للنجاة أقرّها الرجل العجوز: استراتيجية القطط.
ولأنه كان يرعى وحسب: عنزتان، وقطة، وأربع أزواج من الحمائم، اضطر إلى تركها وراء ظهره ويمشي.
والحقيقة الوحيدة التي كانت لدى الرجل العجوز أن القطة تستطيع أن تدبِّر أمرها ولنفسها تنجي.
يبدو أن القطط والتي تعرف جيدًا أساليب المراوغة والاختباء تعرف جيدًا لنفسها كيف تحمي، ولكن هل تستطيع الحمائم أن تنجو بنفسها من قذائف المدفعية في السماء، أو العنزتين اللتين تعيشان على سيرٍ بلا هدى أن تعرف كيف وأين تمضي!!!
على شدة قصرها هذه القصة القصيرة، إلا أنها تشير إلى العدو “الحرب” ذلك المجهول النتائج القادم خلف أسوار الترقّب، وهناك حقيقة واحدة للنجاة أقرّها الرجل العجوز: استراتيجية القطط.
December 26, 2019
رواية قصيرة تحمل معاني كثيرة الحرب و اصوات ارتال المدفعية الانتظار و الترقب الطريق و افول الحياة فجأة مع رحيل ما كان يهمك و من ترعاهم أياً كان الذي ترعاه يغادرك الإصرار على البقاء ... هذه الحياة
February 17, 2023
Not one of his better stories but I found the literary meaning of what Hemingway was trying to convey in this story quite interesting. Written during the Spanish Civil War of 1930 Hemingway writes how the tragedy of war has affected an old man. Of course, the old man has no name. As the result of war the old man is displaced, disoriented, alone. He is caring for animals. "There are two goats, and a cat and there are four pairs of pigeons."(P.4) Hemingway wanted the reader to understand the symbolism of those animals to understand the story. The cat represents 9 lives a survivor. Pigeons who became doves in the second mentioning are associated with peace and can fly away from war. The goats are animals who can't escape they represent the old man unable to escape. Easter Sunday is mentioned when the narrator talks to the old man which is ironic because another innocent victim is killed, crucified and resurrected because of war. Wow this is heavy stuff and I probably read into it to far but the more I read it the more I felt Hemingway was talking to the reader about what this story really means. The old man is a victim of the war and like most war the innocent suffers. Hemingway always wants us to read outside the box when he writes his stories and this one is no different. Read it slowly and absorb his words you will be surprised at what you will learn.
December 30, 2019
قصة الرجل العجوز عند الجسر إحدى القصص العديدة من القصص القصيرة للكاتب ارنست هيمنغواي
قصة قصيرة ولكنها عميقة بالمحتوى .. وهي تحكي عن الضرر الذي يلحق بالناس الذين عاصرو ويعاصرون ��يعيشون ويلات الحرب .. لا ناقة لهم فيها ولا بعير.
تشتت الأسر بالتشرد و الموت والفقد.
الرجل العجوز في هذه القصة لم يملك أسرة حقيقية إنما من كان يعتبرهم كالأسرة وهي قريبة إلى قلبه حيث كان يمتلك قطة و عنزتان و 4 حمامات، تعلق بهم كما لو كانت هي أسرته وخاف عليها وقلق على مصيرها من هذه الحرب وكيف ستنجو من تلك الحرب و دمارها.
عن نفسي قلقت جداً على العجوز و ما سيكون مصيره؟
تشرد؟ أو الموت جوعاً؟ أو الموت من المدفعيات القادمة؟
التفكير في هذا بحد ذاته مخيف جداً!
حمانا الله و آمننا في أوطاننا.
قصة قصيرة ولكنها عميقة بالمحتوى .. وهي تحكي عن الضرر الذي يلحق بالناس الذين عاصرو ويعاصرون ��يعيشون ويلات الحرب .. لا ناقة لهم فيها ولا بعير.
تشتت الأسر بالتشرد و الموت والفقد.
الرجل العجوز في هذه القصة لم يملك أسرة حقيقية إنما من كان يعتبرهم كالأسرة وهي قريبة إلى قلبه حيث كان يمتلك قطة و عنزتان و 4 حمامات، تعلق بهم كما لو كانت هي أسرته وخاف عليها وقلق على مصيرها من هذه الحرب وكيف ستنجو من تلك الحرب و دمارها.
عن نفسي قلقت جداً على العجوز و ما سيكون مصيره؟
تشرد؟ أو الموت جوعاً؟ أو الموت من المدفعيات القادمة؟
التفكير في هذا بحد ذاته مخيف جداً!
حمانا الله و آمننا في أوطاننا.
December 1, 2015
No matter how hard the situation is sometimes we cannot go on with our reason, we follow our emotion at the cost of our life.
July 28, 2021
One of the tiniest stories of Hemingway, wherein the author introduces only two characters, the narrative orbits around the old man whom the narrator sees sitting by the side of the road, near the bridge. He is too fatigued and worn out to walk further.
Refugees are crossing the bridge to escape the advancing Fascist army.
As the mule-drawn carts wobble up the precipitous bank and the soldiers push to help it move forward, it is beyond belief to see the old figure sitting relentlessly by the side of the road.
From the tête-à-tête between the old man and the narrator, the reader is informed about his milieu. The old man is seventy-six years old and is wearing steel-rimmed spectacles and black grimy clothes. He is from San Carlos, and has had to leave his town because of artillery fire. However, he profoundly laments leaving behind his animals. He is worried about his goats the most, because dissimilar to the doves, they can’t fly and get away. He has no other family member and is a man ‘without politics’.
He denotes the guiltless civilians who have to leave their homes as sufferers of war and neither recognizes the policies of war nor partakes in it. However, they still endure the heartrending outcomes associated with war. Though the narrator tries to assist him by asking him to catch a ride in the truck to Barcelona, he courteously declines. He feels too frail to move about and do something about his current situation. Nonetheless, he thanks the narrator persistently.
He worries more about the well-being of his animals than himself. He thinks that the cat would be able to look after itself. He is worried about his goats and this thought makes him miserable and gloomy. He can neither get rid of his thoughts concerning his animals nor can the narrator induce him to move ahead.
He asks the old man to get up and try to walk. The old man gets to his feet, swaying from side to side and then sinks back down in the dust.
The narrator to end with recognizes that the animals have a better prospect of survival than the old man himself.
Having no other option, the narrator leaves the old man at the bridge and moves on. He has his own life to worry about. He realizes that the old man has resigned to his bleak fate and looming death. He thinks that the old man’s lone fortune was that the cats would be able to watch over themselves and the day being gloomy, the Fascists cannot launch their planes which, in turn, would prolong his life span for a day. The narrator expressed his profound sympathy for the old man and said, ‘There was nothing to do about him’.
The narrator feels pity for the old man who simply sits there alone, disoriented and confused. He is just like his goat, unable to escape and hence compelled to accept his destiny. He is just another upcoming martyr of war.
While life is associated with concern and human bondage, war breaks every human tie. The old man's care or his animals, his worry for their safety is an example of such human care for the world around him. This is contrasted ironically with the soldier's identity as a killer of people.
There is a figurative connotation of three facets in the story:
1) The dove, which is a representation of tranquility. Though it was the narrator’s Scout's slip of tongue to inquire about the doves; yet the matter bears the weight of importance. Hemingway perhaps alludes to peace with a rushed reference to ‘dove’;
2) The goat, a sacrificial animal representing the susceptibility of human situation during combat and
3) The Easter Sunday, also called Resurrection Sunday, a 'festival and holiday celebrating the resurrection of Jesus on the third day of his burial after his crucifixion by the Romans at Calvary.
Hemingway maybe aims to compare Christ's revivification with the demise of the old man who is another unidentified prey of war.
However, contrasting Jesus Christ, the old man will never be raised from the dead. Here lies the discrepancy between the two.
Refugees are crossing the bridge to escape the advancing Fascist army.
As the mule-drawn carts wobble up the precipitous bank and the soldiers push to help it move forward, it is beyond belief to see the old figure sitting relentlessly by the side of the road.
From the tête-à-tête between the old man and the narrator, the reader is informed about his milieu. The old man is seventy-six years old and is wearing steel-rimmed spectacles and black grimy clothes. He is from San Carlos, and has had to leave his town because of artillery fire. However, he profoundly laments leaving behind his animals. He is worried about his goats the most, because dissimilar to the doves, they can’t fly and get away. He has no other family member and is a man ‘without politics’.
He denotes the guiltless civilians who have to leave their homes as sufferers of war and neither recognizes the policies of war nor partakes in it. However, they still endure the heartrending outcomes associated with war. Though the narrator tries to assist him by asking him to catch a ride in the truck to Barcelona, he courteously declines. He feels too frail to move about and do something about his current situation. Nonetheless, he thanks the narrator persistently.
He worries more about the well-being of his animals than himself. He thinks that the cat would be able to look after itself. He is worried about his goats and this thought makes him miserable and gloomy. He can neither get rid of his thoughts concerning his animals nor can the narrator induce him to move ahead.
He asks the old man to get up and try to walk. The old man gets to his feet, swaying from side to side and then sinks back down in the dust.
The narrator to end with recognizes that the animals have a better prospect of survival than the old man himself.
Having no other option, the narrator leaves the old man at the bridge and moves on. He has his own life to worry about. He realizes that the old man has resigned to his bleak fate and looming death. He thinks that the old man’s lone fortune was that the cats would be able to watch over themselves and the day being gloomy, the Fascists cannot launch their planes which, in turn, would prolong his life span for a day. The narrator expressed his profound sympathy for the old man and said, ‘There was nothing to do about him’.
The narrator feels pity for the old man who simply sits there alone, disoriented and confused. He is just like his goat, unable to escape and hence compelled to accept his destiny. He is just another upcoming martyr of war.
While life is associated with concern and human bondage, war breaks every human tie. The old man's care or his animals, his worry for their safety is an example of such human care for the world around him. This is contrasted ironically with the soldier's identity as a killer of people.
There is a figurative connotation of three facets in the story:
1) The dove, which is a representation of tranquility. Though it was the narrator’s Scout's slip of tongue to inquire about the doves; yet the matter bears the weight of importance. Hemingway perhaps alludes to peace with a rushed reference to ‘dove’;
2) The goat, a sacrificial animal representing the susceptibility of human situation during combat and
3) The Easter Sunday, also called Resurrection Sunday, a 'festival and holiday celebrating the resurrection of Jesus on the third day of his burial after his crucifixion by the Romans at Calvary.
Hemingway maybe aims to compare Christ's revivification with the demise of the old man who is another unidentified prey of war.
However, contrasting Jesus Christ, the old man will never be raised from the dead. Here lies the discrepancy between the two.
September 2, 2020
برای من، ورژن کمتر خوب داستان «چشمهای دکمهای من» بیژن نجدی در کتاب «یوزپلنگانی که با من دویدهاند» بود. تضاد حاصل از همنشینی غریب روزمرههای معصومانهی زیستن در صلح و توحش جنگ، تا مغز استخوان آدم را میسوزاند و دردناکتر از آن، در شیپور جنگ دمیدن آدمهاست از سر جهل و تعصب..
January 2, 2022
《هو الحق》
جالب بود🌱🌼
یک سری کتاب صوتی با عنوان داستان همراه ساخته شده که شامل یک سری داستان ترجمه و تألیفی میشن که قبلا در همشهری داستان چاپ شده بودن ، پیرمرد بر سر پل یکی از داستانهای "داستانهمراه ۳ خارجی" بود ، شمارهی جالبی بود ، داستانهای خوبی داشت خصوصا داستان انجمن مردان کامل خیلی جذاب بود
۱۱دی ۱۴۰۰🫂❄
جالب بود🌱🌼
یک سری کتاب صوتی با عنوان داستان همراه ساخته شده که شامل یک سری داستان ترجمه و تألیفی میشن که قبلا در همشهری داستان چاپ شده بودن ، پیرمرد بر سر پل یکی از داستانهای "داستانهمراه ۳ خارجی" بود ، شمارهی جالبی بود ، داستانهای خوبی داشت خصوصا داستان انجمن مردان کامل خیلی جذاب بود
۱۱دی ۱۴۰۰🫂❄
February 2, 2020
Hmmmm, where is the rest of this short story?!?!?! &_&
July 16, 2024
I srsly don't know how to rate this book. It's literally less than a page long.
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