Question

In at least 100 words, describe the way Granny is characterized in “Granny and the Golden Bridge.

Answer 1

It's only a hundred and nine words but i hope it helps. This is what I used for my own answer.

In the story, The granny is characterized as a crazy old woman, she spends all day cooking food which goes to the troops near her. She is apparently helping the rebels says so the story as she is said to have given information to them about the bridge she lives by. The last thing we hear about her is that she disguised herself as a Brothel-owner and is taking food to the rebels. She is a supporter of the rebels and that she may be pretty good with disguising herself. She is a traitor in say to her own government and is apparently a supporter of the rebellion happening.

Answer 2

Answer:

The Granny from "Granny And The Golden Bridge" is shown as an old, crazy woman, but brave and strong enough to take care of herself.

Explanation:

The character of Granny in Claribel Alegria's short story "Granny And The Golden Bridge" is first introduced by the narrator Manuel as a "crazy, but a very active old lady". She was also a hardworking old lady who would cook and sell beans, tortillas and rice to the troops stationed at the bridge.

Granny played a huge role in the events that follow after the destruction of the bridge she proudly calls "my little bridge". When one of the rebels who was supposed to part of the demolition team was killed, Granny took the dead rebel's possessions. She also helped (which we learned later in the story) the rebels in their plan to blow up the bridge.

Crazy also suited her, for when the Guards came inquiring about the whereabouts of the old lady who used to sell food to the troops, she herself (in disguise) told them a complete fabricated lie. Complaining about her loss of business running a brothel, she told them that the old lady had moved after the bridge was blown up, thus saving herself. Then, the narrator ends the story by telling us that his Granny had been doing business with the rebels, acting as a fruit seller where in reality, she's selling "Fragmentation grenades, G-3 cartridges, 81- millimeter mortar rounds."

The whole story shows Granny to be a strong, independent woman, though old but still brave enough to even save her own skin. She showed extreme bravery and an unyielding spirit. The demolition of the bridge may have destroyed her food-selling business but she found ways to sustain herself, selling weapons to rebels on the far side of the river.