Question

Why do you think Cherokee Paul McDonald called his essay ""A View from the Bridge""? How does his view change throughout the course of the story? What do you think is the underlying point of this essay?

Answer 1

In the story "A View From the Bridge," we learn the story of a boy who is blind. He meets a man on a bridge and asks him for help catching a fish. However, the man does not immediately realize that the boy is blind.

The most likely reason why the author called the story "A View from the Bridge" is because he wanted to imply that the man is the bridge between the world and the boy. This is not immediately obvious, which is why the man is initially unwilling to engage. However, after it becomes obvious, the man begins to think of the world from the perspective of the child. This highlights the underlying point of the essay. The "view from the bridge" is the new perspective that the man acquires after seeing things from the child's perspective.