in another country

One character Hemingway gives insight to early on in the story is the doctor at the hospital who runs the rehabilitation for the injured soldiers. A quote that best exemplifies the doctor’s overall characterization throughout the novel is seen when he is speaking to the main character, “That will all pass. You are a fortunate young man. You will play football again like a champion.”(Hemingway, Ernest, In Another Country, New York: Macmillan publishing, 1974, p. 8) In this excerpt the doctor is telling the main character that his maimed leg will someday be fully rehabilitated. The machines for rehabil

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The major acts ashamed to cry it is considered a sign of weakness to him. The author also shows the main character is troubled with inner thoughts, not expressing them to anyone throughout In Another Country. The main character expresses his sympathetic feelings for him in this quote, “Oh - - -” I said, feeling sick for him “ I am so sorry. One particular day on the machines the main character and the major begin discussing his plans for marriage when

he returns to the states. itation the doctor operates are mysterious none of the soldiers are sure of the effects they have, but the doctor speaks with great confidence in them. The major’s deep love for his wife is also seen. He is a young man surrounded by figures from all different backgrounds much different than his own, and is unsure of himself. He shows how deep love can penetrate the hardest soul through the simple reaction of lashing out on a fellow man, and how it can put the toughest war veteran into a mess of emotion. ” He stood there biting his lower lip. Also his ranking of major gives the impression of an older wiser figure in this short novel. The war has hardened him in an irreversible manner. He is not trusting in the doctor’s words, and is much more of a pessimist than an optimist. He does not wish to leave now because he feels he has nothing else to live for. When his wife dies although it strikes a chord in him so deep that he cannot help but show his sadness and mourning.

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