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Old Man at the Bridge, Ernest Hemingway

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The narrator in “The Old Man at the Bridge” by Ernest Hemingway is going to a bridge across Ebro River to check how far the enemy army has advanced. Near the bridge there is an old man who is sitting in the dust and seems too tired to move. He chats with the man and finds out that he is coming from a town called San Carlos, 12 kilometres away. The old man was the last to leave the town, and his duty was to take care of some animals. Extract I “There was a pontoon bridge across the river…..he was too tired to go any further” Question (i): What is a pontoon bridge? Why are many people crossing the bridge? Answer (i):  A Pontoon bridge is made up of large air-tight containers which are connected together and laid across a river or canal. The containers have a track laid on top for pedestrian and vehicles travel. The story is set in Spain during the Spanish Civil War.  Many people are crossing the bridge over the Ebro River to get to a safe distance from artillery attack...
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The Little Match Girl, Hans Christian Andersen

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The story is about a little girl’s dream and hope. On a cold New Year’s Eve, a poor, young girl tries to sell matches in the street. She is already shivering from cold and starvation, and she is walking barefoot having lost her two large slippers. She is too afraid to go home, because her father will beat her for not selling any matches, and also as the many cracks in their shack can’t keep out the cold wind. The girl takes shelter in an alley. The girl lights the matches to warm herself. In their glow she sees several lovely visions, starting with a warm stove, then a luxurious holiday feast where the goose almost jumps out at her, and then a magnificent Christmas tree and thereafter she happened to see her deceased grandmother. Extract I “It was bitterly cold, snow was … but what good were they?” Question (i): What was special about the particular evening in the story? What kind of weather was there in the evening? Answer (i):  It was New Year’s Eve, the last evening of the year....
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The Blue Bead, Norah Burke

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This story is about a young girl named Sibia who one day goes to the cliffs with her mother and other women to collect paper grass. On her return journey she gets left behind. In order to get home Sibia has to cross a river. She was too tired so she stopped to take rest. She sees a Gujar woman getting attacked by a crocodile. Sibia rushes to help the woman and she stabs the crocodile in the eye with a hayfork. Sibia takes the wounded woman back into the village. When she returns to the river to get her hayfork she finds a blue bead lying in water. In the end Sibia doesn’t tell her mother about helping the lady because she is excited about finding the blue bead for her necklace. Extract I “Timber was being floated down … breathing the clean sunny air.” Question (i): What are sleepers? What made the timber float down the river? Answer (i):  Sleepers are rectangular pieces of timber which are specifically cut for construction of building and railway tracks. Trees in the forest further...
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