Poetry of Dr. Shankar D Mishra: July 2021

Friday 30 July 2021

DOCTORATE AWARD PHOTOS 5+

Thursday 29 July 2021

MCQS, CBSE, GRAMMAR, SUBJECT VERB AGREEMENT,

Q1. The teacher ____________ completed this chapter.

A. have

B. has

C. is

D. are

Q2. Ram and Shyam __________ business partners.

A. have

B. has

C. are

D. had

Q3. She ___________ her office by 9 a.m. daily.

A. reach

B. reaches

C. reached

D. reaching

Q4. Rahul and his friends ___________ also invited to the party.

A. is

B. was

C. had

D. were

Q5. Neither you nor your sister should ___________ to them.

A. talk

B. talks

C. talked

D. talking

Q6. Twenty years _________ the minimum age to fill this form.

A. are

B. is

C. has

D. have

Q7. A bouquet of flowers ___________ required for the event.

A. are

B. have

C. has

D. is

Q8. A pair of socks ___________ been missing from my wardrobe.

A. have

B. has

C. were

D. is

Q9. Much ____________ been said in the news reports.

A. were

B. have

C. has

D. was

Q10. The information provided to you ___________ wrong.

A. were

B. was

C. are

D. have been

Q11. The company ____________ of its stakeholders.

A. think

B. thought

C. thinks

D. thinking

Q12. Either of the two dresses shall ____________ good.

A. looking

B. look

C. looks

D. looked

Q13. Each and every member __________ to vote.

A. has

B. have

C. having

D. are

Q14. A large number of soldiers ___________ died for the country.

A. has

B. is

C. are

D. have

Q15. Half of the class ___________ empty.

A. were

B. was

C. has

D. have

Q16. Physics ____________ difficult to understand.

A. were

B. are

C. is

D. have been

Q17. The quality of food here ___________ gone down.

A. have

B. has

C. is

D. are

Q18. My mother, along with others, ___________ worried.

A. were

B. are

C. have

D. was

Q19. She ___________ not take a lot of stress.

A. need

B. needs

C. needing

D. has need

Q20. None of the candidates ___________ responded.

A. were

B. have

C. has

D. is

Q21. He ____________ cooking in his leisure time.

A. enjoy

B. enjoying

C. enjoys

D. enjoyed

Q22. The book ‘Management Principles’ _____________ quite insightful.

A. are

B. is

C. have

D. has

Q23. Two dollars __________ a small amount.

A. are

B. has

C. have

D. is

Q24. A lot of startups ____________ started in the past few years.

A. is

B. are

C. have

D. has

Q25. Politics ___________ been one of the debatable topics.

A. is

B. are

C. have

D. has

Q26. Neither Rishi nor Rhea ___________ helpful.

A. were

B. was

C. are

D. have been

Q27. A series of seminars ___________ conducted.

A. was

B. were

C. are

D. have

Q28. All means of communication ____________ shut down.

A. was

B. has

C. have

D. is

Q29. My glasses ____________ nowhere to be found.

A. is

B. are

C. have

D. has

Q30. That woman ____________vegetables.

A. sell

B. selling

C. sells

D. have sold

Q31. It ____________ these papers that I have been looking for.

A. are

B. is

C. were

D. had

Q32. The United States of America ___________ going to conduct elections soon.

A. are

B. is

C. have

D. has

Q33. South Africa ____________ all out before we knew it!

A. was

B. has

C. have

D. were

Q34. There ___________ plenty of space for guests at the venue.

A. was

B. were

C. are

D. have been

Q35. Either you or I should ___________ the lead.

A. takes

B. take

C. taking

D. took

Q36. The jury ___________ been unable to decide yet.

A. were

B. are

C. is

D. has

Q37. A lot of students ___________ to clear this exam.

A. failing

B. fails

C. fail

D. has failed

Q38. My applications ____________ not been approved.

A. were

B. have

C. are

D. has

Q39. The crowd ____________ dispersed by the police.

A. was

B. were

C. are

D. have

Q40. The ruler and the minister ____________ killed.

A. was

B. have been

C. has been

D. is

Q41. The government will ___________ the order soon.

A. passed

B. passes

C. pass

C. has passed

Q42. The poor ___________ suffered a lot due to the pandemic.

A. have

B. are

C. is

D. has

Q43. The teacher and the students __________ arrived.

A. has

B. have

C. will

D. are

Q44. The event __________ earlier than it is schedule.

A. begin

B. begins

D. began

D. begun

Q45. Many people __________ registered for the course.

A. have

B. has

C. having

D. is

Q46. Two-thirds of the pantry __________ full.

A. are

B. were

C. have

D. is

Q47. The timing __________ inappropriate.

A. were

B. was

C. has

D. have been

Q48. The package __________ to be carried carefully.

A. is

B. are

C. have

D. were

Q49. Joshua, with his members, __________ really well.

A. sing

B. singing

C. have sung

D. sings

Q50. We should definitely __________ that lake.

A. visit

B. visits

C. visiting

D. visited

Q51. The team __________ made several requests.

A. have

B. has

C. is

D. are

Q52. I ___________ and he sings.

A. dances

B. dancing

C. dance

D. danced

Q53. Neither she nor I __________ involved.

A. am

B. are

C. is

D. were

Q54. The men ___________ against the popular opinion.

A. was

B. were

C. has

D. is

Q55. The lawyer and the assistant ___________ together.

A. enters

B. has enter

C. entered

D. had enter

Q56. Neither the principal nor the teachers ___________ convinced.

A. are

B. is

C. were

D. have

Q57. Several attempts ___________ been made.

A. have

B. has

C. were

D. is

Q58. The army __________ going through its training.

A. are

B. have

C. is

D. were

Q59. James _________ invited as the chief guest.

A. is

B. are

C. were

D. have

Q60. Both the plans __________ wonderful.

A. is

B. are

C. was

D. have

Q61. Everyone ____________ been informed about the incident.

A. have

B. are

C. were

D. has

Q62. A number of cases __________ reported in the area.

A. is

B. have been

C. was

D. has

Q63. The committee ____________ varying solutions.

A. have

B. has

C. are

D. is

Q64. These sets of questions __________ pretty easy.

A. are

B. is

C. was

D. have

Q65. She along with her friends __________ taking the exam.

A. are

B. were

C. have

D. is

Q66. The panel of judges ___________ sentenced him to death.

A. have

B. were

C. has

D. is

Q67. They __________ me on my birthday every year.

A. wished

B. wish

C. wishes

D. wishing

Q68. He _________ in the race to represent his college.

A. runs

B. run

C. running

D. have run

Q69. I have to __________ the conference.

A. attends

B. attending

C. attend

D. attendance

Q70. Lisa ___________ in charity every month.

A. contribute

B. contributing

C. contributes

D. have contributed

Q71. They __________ really supportive.

A. are

B. has been

C. is

D. was

Q72. The clouds __________ disappeared.

A. has

B. have

C. were

D. are

Q73. ___________ the plan been finalised?

A. Have

B. Has

C. Is

D. Are

Q74. These indigenous foods _________ great.

A. is

B. was

C. has

D. are

Q75. He and they ___________ not a part of the wedding.

A. is

B. are

C. was

D. have

Q76. This part of the book ___________ boring.

A. is

B. are

C. has

D. have

Q77. Either of the two candidates __________ eligible.

A. is

B. have

C. are

D. has been

Q78. Most of the workers _____________ on the strike.

A. is

B. have

C. has

D. are

Q79. My neighbourhood ___________ very popular.

A. are

B. is

C. were

D. has

Q80. Won’t you __________ there tomorrow?

A. goes

B. going

C. go

D. gone

Q81. The labourers ___________ in this factory.

A. work

B. works

C. has work

D. has worked

Q82. I ___________ to music often.

A. listens

B. listen

C. listening

D. listened

Q83. My goals’ list ____________ pretty long.

A. has

A. have

A. are

A. is

Q84. My family ____________ quite large.

A. are

B. is

C. has

D. have

Q85. According to the news, the shower __________ to take place.

A. are

B. is

C. were

D. has

Q86. The library __________ closed.

A. are

B. is

C. were

D. have

Q87. The courier ___________ arrived.

A. have

B. are

C. were

D. has

Q88. These ___________ religious rituals.

A. are

B. is

C. have

D. has

Q89. Deepak with his friends ____________ signed the petition.

A. has

B. have

C. are

D. is

Q90. Do you __________ these events?

A. likes

B. like

C. liking

D. have like

Q91. The dog and the cat ___________ been fed.

A. has

B. are

C. were

D. have

Q92. His works __________ appreciable.

A. are

B. is

C. has

D. have

Correct Ans. A

Q93. Many a man ___________ suffered during partition.

A. have

B. has

C. were

D. is

Q94. The chief along with his family __________ involved.

A. are

B. has

C. is

D. have

Q95. She shall __________ soon.

A. come

B. comes

C. coming

D. came

Q96. Measles ___________ a common disease among children.

A. are

B. is

C. were

D. has

Q97. The board of directors ___________ anxious.

A. are

B. have been

C. has been

D. were

Q98. Few applicants __________ backed out.

A. have

B. has

C. were

D. are

Q99. Some of the rice ___________ still left.

A. is

B. are

C. has

D. have

Q100. Public speaking ___________ a skill.

A. are

B. have

C. has

D. is

Answer Key for Subject Verb Concord MCQs

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TO MY SPRIGHTLY SPRITE OF FANTASY

O my sprightly Sprite of Fantasy!

Every night,

I grasp you tight!

At your shiny, serene sight,

Stunned darkness dazzles more than light!

O my ebullient Sprite of Fantasy!

You suckle my heaving heart's appetite,

So much sugary, supple and rare delight,

That beneath our relishing, celestial flight,

Lies buried forgotten every pain and plight,

For, we inhabit then an Eden of euphoria pristine, serene and blissful forever,

And our life of infinite happiness leaps past the edge of Heaven like a perennial river!

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O MY LOVE! I AM IN PIOUS LOVE WITH YOUR SUBLIME SOUL.

O my Love! I am not in love with your mundane, mutable and mischievous skin,

That is Pre-destined, one day or the other, to travel to Nature's decomposition bin,

That normally seduces the common multitude to a fleeting pleasure, and remorseful sin;

But, I am in constant love with your unspoilt Soul, that is indeed pure, pristine and divine!

O my Love! I am not in love with your rosy lips and dimple cheeks,

That are preordained, one day or the other, to mingle with the Nature's creeks,

That usually intoxicate the carnal impulses to suck the wine of sense gratification;

But, I am in consistent love with your sweet, sublime Soul, that is past any contamination!

O my Love! I am not in love with your bulgy buttocks and bulbous breasts,

That are foredoomed, one day or the other, to perish as Nature's all mortal guests,

That generally madden the lewd water fleas as the bliss-baneful fire tempts the moths greedy, frenzied;

But, I am in pious love with your Elysian Soul, that can, by no force, either be killed or be buried!

Thus, may my love, O my Love, be treasured with love for the sake of love alone,

And may all other emotions such as fear, doubt and apprehension be put to oblivion!

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Wednesday 28 July 2021

O MY LOVE! I DARE SAY THIS......

O my Love! Had Shakespeare's gaping glance first fallen on thee,

His enchanted eyes would have leaped in mirth, and his heart, skipped with so much glee,

That he would not have been enticed and ignited to pen scores of Sonnets on his Dark Lady,

For, he would have surely overlooked a belittled brook of Beauty in front of an enrapturing Sea!

O my Love! Had Keats, the youngest Romantic poet, chanced to espy thy bewitching Beauty,

He would not have wished to be so steadfast as a Star in love for Fanny Brawne, his fancied Sweetie,

But, for thee, for he would have proved a more sincere votary of thy unmatched vivacity,

In whose eulogy, lexicons of Similes and Metaphors for an Epic, would be in huge paucity!

O my Love! Had W.B Yeats sniffed a little the irresistible aroma of thy ravishing Beauty,

More than Alexander the great, he would have fought any War, and signed any Treaty,

Before he would have proposed to Maud Gonne four times in vain, or loved her Pilgrim Soul,

For, in thee he would have relished heavens of happiness, and reached his ultimate mundane goal!

Then, who am I, O my Love, to assess your unfathomable glittering grace?

Albeit I dare say 'No scale can weigh thy heart's Beauty; none can equal thee in Virtue's Race!'

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Monday 26 July 2021

MCQs: TWO STORIES ABOUT FLYING

HIS FIRST FLIGHT

Q1- Who is the author of "His First Flight"?

A) Liam O' Flaherty

B) Frederick Forsyth

C) Roal Dahl

D) Paulo Coehlo

Q2- Who is the author of "Black Aeroplane"?

A) Liam O' Flaherty

B) Frederick Forsyth

C) Roal Dahl

D) Paulo Coehlo

Q3- The lesson "His First Flight" is about a ______

A) pilot

B) seagull

C) parrot

D) pigeon

Q4- Why was he afraid to fly?

A) he was a coward

B) he was afraid his wings will not support him

C) he was afraid that everyone would judge him

D) both 1 and 2

Q5- What did his parents threaten him with if he didn't fly away?

A) to never talk to him

B) to punish him

C) to starve him

D) to abandon him

Q6- What were his parents teaching his brothers and sisters?

A) to perfect the art of flying

B) to skim the waves

C) to dive for fish

D) all of the above

Q7- The sight of ________ maddened him.

A) his brothers flying

B) his siblings enjoying without him

C) food

D) all of the above

Q8- What urged him to make his first flight?

A) hunger

B) sight of fish

C) courage

D) both 1 and 2

Q9- Why did his mother stop midway while giving him the fish?

A) she was mad at him

B) to push him to fly out of hunger

C) she didn't want to give him the fish

D) she got tired

Q10- The title "Black Aeroplane" is based on?

A) the aeroplane that helped the pilot

B) the pilot's aeroplane

C) aeroplane in the stormy sky

D) none of the above

Q11- The pilot was flying from _____ to _____.

A) England, France

B) England, India

C) France, England

D) France, India

Q12- What was the pilot looking forward to?

A) to reach his destination

B) to meet his family

C) his holiday

D) both 2 and 3

Q13- Which control station did he contact on his way?

A) Paris

B) India

C) England

D) he didn't contact any

Q14- "They looked like black mountains standing in front of me across the sky". What looked like black mountains?

A) Black mountains

B) Storm clouds

C) tall buildings

D) black plateau

Q15- What risk did the pilot take?

A) flying back to Paris

B) missing the breakfast he desired

C) he took no risk

D) flying his old Dakota straight into the storm

Q16- What instruments had stopped working during the storm?

A) compass

B) radio

C) both of them

D) none of them

Q17- What was the pilot not sorry about?

A) missing his holiday

B) driving the plane into the storm

C) risking the lives of fellow passengers

D) both 2 and 3

Q18- What did the seagull pretend was happening to him so that he could take his first flight?

A) he was unconscious

B) he was falling down the cliff

C) he was falling asleep

D) He lost his balance

Q19- What food did the seagull's mother get for it?

A) earthworms

B) fish

C) insects

D) rodents

Q20- How far was the narrator from Paris when he saw dark clouds in the sky

A) 200 km

B) 100 km

C) 50 km

D) 150 km

Q21- Which of the pilot's intruments stopped working first?

A) compass

B) radio

C) both stopped together

D) both were working

Q22- When the pilot of the black aeroplane asked the narrator to follow him, in which direction did he turn the aeroplane

A) south

B) north

C) east

D) west

Q23- Why didn't the pilot turn the aeroplane back towards Paris?

A) He wanted to meet his family

B) He wanted to go on a holiday

C) He did not want to miss the breakfast

D) He did not like Paris

Q24- What was the name of the aeroplane that the pilot was flying?

A) Airbus

B) Boeing

C) Dakota

D) Minesotta

Q25- The pilot was not able to ___ anything

A) see

B) hear

C) speak

D) all of them

1. What was coming up in the east behind the pilot?

(A) the moon

(B) the sun

(D) all of the above

2. Which country was the pilot flying over?

(A) England

(B) France

(D) Italy

3. Which country did the pilot belong to?

(A) England

(B) France

(D) Italy

4. What happened when the pilot had covered a distance of 150 kilometres from Paris?

(A) he saw another plane

(B) a strong wind began to blow

(D) there were storm clouds all around

5. Inside the clouds how was everything?

(A) green

(B) fresh

(D) all of the above

6. What happened as the plane entered the storm clouds?

(A) the aeroplane jumped and twisted in the air

(B) the compass was dead

(D) all of the above

7. When the author’s plane was caught in the storm who came to help him?

(A) another aeroplane

(B) a helicopter

(D) all of the above

8. How did the author follow the strange aeroplane?

(A) like a disciplined soldier

(B) like an obedient child

(D) all of the above

9. What made the pilot frighten again while following the strange aeroplane?

(A) the density of the storm

(B) the technical problem in the engine

(D) all of the above

10. What did the pilot notice when he was safe at the airport?

(A) the other plane was still in the sky

(B) the sky was empty

(D) none of the above

11. What was the advice of Paris control?

(A) turn to twelve degrees east

(B) turn to twelve degrees west

(D) turn to twelve degrees north

12. How many fuel tanks were there in the plane DS 088?

(A) one

(B) two

(D) four

13. Did Paris Control hear the pilot the second time he called?

(A) yes

(B) no

(D) not know

Answers:1-A,2-B,3-B,4-B,5-C,6-A,7-C,8-A,9-B,10-A,11-C,12-B,13-A,14-B,15-D,16-C,17-B,18-C,19-B,20-D,21-C,22-B,23-C,24-C,25-A,

1-A,2-B,3-A,4-D,5-C,6-D,7-A,8-B,9-C,10-B,11-B,12-B,13-B,

Sunday 25 July 2021

ICSE GRAMMAR TEST

Q.1 He knows English. He speaks English. (Use and begin with "not only....but also"/use "as well as"/ "besides or apart from"

Use - He not only knows English but also speaks English.

Begin= Not only does he know English, but also speaks English.

As well as - He knows English as well as speaks English.

Besides/Apart from - Besides/Apart from knowing English, he speaks English.

Q. 2. He does not know English. He does not speak English.

(Use and begin with "neither.....no")

Use - He neither knows English nor speaks English.

Begin - Neither does he know English, nor speaks English.

Q.3. He cannot play play cricket. He cannot write a letter.

("Use and begin with neither....nor")

Use - He can neither play cricket nor write a letter.

Begin - Neither can he play cricket nor can write a letter.

Q. 4. Teacher entered the class. He shouted at a mischievous student.

( Begin with "As soon as/No sooner.../ Hardly...../Scarcely....")

As soon as - As soon as the teacher entered the class, he shouted at a mischievous student.

No sooner - No sooner did teacher enter the class, than he shouted as a mischievous student.

Hardly - Hardly had teacher entered the class, when he shouted as a mischievous student.

Scarcely : Scarce had teacher entered the class, before he shouted as a mischievous stud

Friday 23 July 2021

O GOD! LET MY LIFE BE LIKE THINE.

O God! Let me never seek such abundance,

That is worse than emptiness and poverty;

Let me never run after such lush luxuriance,

Where peace is a reverie and barren property!

O God! Let me never own such a pair of eyes,

That is ever prone to viewing others' mistakes falls and misery;

Let me never nourish my brain to be so wise,

That can beat the best and the most dearly paid practitioners of perjury!

O God! Let me never possess such a heart,

That gambols in others' gloom, and is sullen at their prosperity and gaiety;

Let me never have such growth thick and fast,

That is devoid of empathy, sympathy, mercy, munificence, piety and pity!

O God! Let my life be, like Thine, pure, pious, impartial, unbiased, bounteous and divine,

Lest, unlike a guiding beacon, it should extinguish forever, before it does shine!

like a beacon

Glossary courtesy: Google

Abundance: a very large quantity of something

Lush: dense, teeming with life

Luxuriance: productiveness; rich abundance

Reverie: day dream

Barren: (of land) too poor to produce much or any vegetation

Gambol: run or jump about playfully

Gloom: partial or total darkness; a dark or shadowy place; lowness of spirits

Sullen: dull, gloomy, dismal

Gaiety: the state or quality of being light-hearted or cheerful

Thick and fast: rapidly and in great numbers

Nourish: to give a person, animal or plant the food and care that they need to live, grow and stay healthy

Perjury - the offence of wilfully telling an untruth or making a misrepresentation under oath

Empathy: understanding of the thoughts, feelings, or emotional state of another person.

Munificence: kindness, generosity

Piety: reverence and devotion to God; respect to one's parents and family

Pious: dutiful, religious, god-fearing

Unbiased: impartial

Bounteous: kind, generous

Beacon: a light or other visible object serving as a signal, warning, or guide at sea, on an airfield, etc.

Thursday 22 July 2021

TO THE MOST ADEPT BOATMAN

O God! Thou art the most adept Boatman,

In life's roughest and most turbulent main,

Where Thou alone canst row our buffeted and battered boat safely to the shore,

For which, we must prostrate before Thee with submissive hearts to thank and adore!

O God! But for Thy generous, meticulous and flawless guidance in the mischievous sea:

Who else can come to our succour to surmount the towering tides with glee?

How can we dodge the deceptive, perilous and lurking rocks without any alarm,

How can we sail thru the shivering shallows, which are not less furious than a storm?

O God! Thou art ever the most vigilant, cautious , selfless and caring a Volunteer,

So that Thy kids can voyage smoothly and securely without any pain, anxiety or fear!

Thus, we pray Thee with folded hands and bowed heads to rain Thy Mercy forever,

So that no one's life-boat will either toss or tumble in the grimmest, gloomiest weather!

Main - sea

Sunday 18 July 2021

EVERGREEN ICSE, THE OLD MAN AT THE BRIDGE

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OLD MAN AT THE BRIDGE by Ernest Hemmingway

Q1. WHAT INSPIRED THE AUTHOR TO WRITE ‘THE OLD MAN AT THE BRIDGE’?

“Old Man at the Bridge” was inspired by Hemingway’s travels as a war correspondent

during the Spanish Civil War in the 1930s. In fact, the story was originally composed as a

news dispatch from the Amposta Bridge over the Ebro River on Easter Sunday in 1938 as

the Fascists were set to overrun the region.

Q2. WHAT IS THE SETTING OF THE OLD MAN AT THE BRIDGE ?

The story “Old Man at the Bridge” by Earnest Hemingway is set in the backdrop of Spanish

Civil War in 1938. It starts with the description of an old man who was sitting at a bridge. It

was a war-like situation as the Fascists forces were advancing towards Ebro.

Q3. WHAT IS THE THEME OF THE STORY ?

The story ‘Old Man at the Bridge’ deals with the themes of resignation,

depression and impending death, it also reflects humanity and

compassion. This theme is reflected in a conversation between a soldier

and an old man who had to leave his hometown during the Spanish Civil

War. The old man is gripped by panic and anxiety as he is 76 years old and

because of the war, has been displaced. He had to leave his home, his

animals and the only life he knew and was asked to move to an unknown

place where he did not anyone. He is a fatalistic hero of the story who is

resigned to his fate as a casualty of war.

The soldier who is concerned about the safety of the old man and tells him

to walk up the road and catch a ride on the truck to Barcelona. The old

manis too tired to go any further. So, he resigns himself to his fate. Then

the soldier reflects that he is sure to be killed once the Fascists advance to

the bridge across the Ebro. His life is prolonged by the fact that the day is

overcast and the Fascists cannot launch their planes. His mind is eased by

the fact that cats can look after themselves, but aside from that the soldier

says that nothing can be done for him and his death seems certain.

The soldier seems more affected by the inevitability of the man’s probable

fate than by the old man himself. On the other hand, the old man is worried

about the fate of his animals. He can’t get rid of the thought of safety of his

animals. This gives him depression. When the soldier tells him that it is

best not to think about his animals, he is unable to stop thinking about

them. This leads him to depression.

At the close of the story the narrator bemoans the old man’s impending

death. The soldier begins to feel pity for him and says, “There was nothing

to do about him.”

Old Man at the Bridge About the Author

Ernest Hemingway was born on July 21, 1899 in America. He was a

novelist, short story writer 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. He

won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954. He published seven novels, six

short story collections, and two non-fiction works. Additional works,

including three novels, four short story collections, and three non-fiction

works, were published posthumously. The Old Man and the Sea is

considered a classic of American literature.

Old Man at the Bridge About the Story

All about the Story : Old Man at the Bridge:

The story ‘Old Man at the Bridge’ is in the form of conversation between a

soldier and an old man. The writer takes the ordinary detail and transforms

it into a powerful story about the tragedy of war. The old man in the story

becomes a symbol of countless civilians who perish in war.

The story ‘Old Man at the Bridge’ is related through a conversation

between a soldier and an old man who had to leave his hometown during

the Spanish Civil War. During the war there was panic and anxiety all

around. Everyone was aware of the impending death. An old man with

spectacles sat exhausted by the side of a road near a pontoon bridge thatcrossed the river. The soldier engaged in a conversation with the old man.

During the conversation he came to know that the old man was worried

about his animals that he had left behind. The old man told the soldier that

he had the charge of two goats, a cat and four pairs of pigeons. He said

that a captain had told him to leave the town and the animals because of

artillery fire. He had no family but he expressed concern about his animals.

He said that the cat would be all right because cats could look after

themselves, but he did not know what would happen to his other animals.

The soldier was concerned about the old man’s safety whereas the old

man was concerned about his animal’s safety. He told the soldier that he

was an old man of 76 and had come 12 kilometres and was too tired to

walk up the road and catch a ride on a truck to Barcelona. The old man

thanked the soldier for his concern for his safety but he continued to

express his concern over the fate of the animals he had left behind. The old

man remained obsessed with the thought about the safety of his animals.

At the end of the story the soldier felt pity for the old man and thought

“There was nothing to do about him.” He realized that he could not remove

the old man’s concern about the safety of his animals. The story reflects

the theme of depression and impending death.

The conversation between a soldier and an old man

The story ‘Old Man at the Bridge’ is related through a conversation

between a soldier and an old man who had to leave his home town during

the Spanish Civil War. During the war there was panic and anxiety all

around. Everyone was aware of the impending death. An old man with

spectacles, who had walked 12 kilometres from his hometown sat

exhausted by the side of a road near a pontoon bridge that crossed a river.

Carts, trucks, men, women and children were crossing the bridge.

Peasants, refugees and Republican soldiers laden with ammunitions and

supplies fled the advancing Fascist army. The narrator, who said that his

mission was to cross the bridge and find out how far the enemy had

advanced, did so. He saw the old man sitting beside the bridge when he

crossed toward the enemy. He found him still sitting there when he crossed

back. He began talking to the old man and came to know that his

hometown was San Carlos. He was the last person to leave the town, as

he was anxious about his animals. The narrator asks the old man about his animals

The narrator, who was nervously awaiting the advent of the Fascist army

and the ensuing battle between the armies, asked the old man about his

animals. The old man said that he had charge of two goats, a cat and four

pairs of pigeons. He said that a captain had told him to leave the town and

the animals because of artillery fire. He also told the narrator that he had no

family. He, then, expressed concern about what would happen to the

animals. He said that the cat would be all right because cats could look

after themselves, but he did not know what would happen to the other

animals.

Old man’s Political Views

The narrator, who was more concerned for the old man’s safety than those

of the animals, enquired what the old man’s politics was. The old man

replied that he had none. He told the narrator that he was an old man of 76

and had come 12 kilometres and was too tired to go further. The narrator

told him to walk up the road and catch a ride on a truck to Barcelona.

The old man expresses his thanks to the narrator

The old man thanked him, but continued to express his concern over the

fate of the animals he had left behind. The narrator reassured him, saying

the animals would be fine. The narrator told him that the pigeons would fly

away, but the old man continued to worry about the goats. The narrator told

him that it was better not to think about them and that he should get up and

walk to the trucks and leave that place. He thanked the narrator and got to

his feet, swayed from side to side and then sat down backwards in the

dust. He reflected his obsession about the fate of his animals when he

remarked that ‘he was only taking care of animals’. The narrator felt pity for

the old man and thought that there was nothing to do about him. He

thought that the old man’s only luck was that cats could look after themselves and that the day was overcast, so the Fascists were unable to launch their planes.