In Another Country
by Ernest Hemingway (excerpts)
Excerpt 1
"In the fall the war was always there, but we did not go to it any more. It was cold in the fall in Milan and the dark came very early. Then the electric lights came on, and it was pleasant along the streets looking in the windows. There was much game hanging outside the shops, and the snow powdered in the fur of the foxes and the wind blew their tails. The deer hung stiff and heavy and empty, and small birds blew in the wind and the wind turned their feathers. It was a cold fall and the wind came down from the mountains."
Excerpt 2
"The people hated us because we were officers, and from a wine-shop someone called out, "A basso gli ufficiali!" as we passed. Another boy who walked with us sometimes and made us five wore a black silk handkerchief across his face because he had no nose then and his face was to be rebuilt. He had gone out to the front from the military academy and been wounded within an hour after he had gone into the front line for the first time. They rebuilt his face, but he came from a very old family and they could never get the nose exactly right. He went to South America and worked in a bank. But this was a long time ago, and then we did not any of us know how it was going to be afterward. We only knew then that there was always the war, but that we were not going to it any more."
What important fact about the wounded soldiers is reflected by the repetition of the bolded sentences in the excerpts from "In Another Country" by Ernest Hemingway?
a.
It establishes the irony that, although the wounded soldiers have physically left the warfront, the war continues to haunt them psychologically.
b
It shows the gradual loss of hope and growing depression of the wounded soldiers and their need for distractions.
c
It establishes the wounded soldiers’ determination to shun war and disobey military commands to return to the front after they recover.
d
It shows the wounded soldiers’ sadness and disappointment at the lack of gratitude from the people they risked their lives to protect.
e
It shows the wounded soldiers’ belief that the war would never end, even as thousands of soldiers were killed or wounded and sent to hospitals.
I think the answer is B
A is the correct answer. (on PLATO)
First sentence in the excerpt 1 and last sentence in exerpt 2
I disagree with B. I think there is a better answer.
To find the correct answer, we need to analyze the repetition of the bolded sentences in the excerpts. The first excerpt describes the cold fall in Milan and the pleasant activities along the streets, such as looking in the windows and observing the game hanging outside the shops. The second excerpt mentions the people's hatred towards the officers and the presence of a boy with a reconstructed face due to war injuries.
By examining the repetition of the bolded sentences, we can infer that they show a contrast between the soldiers' experiences and the civilian life outside of the war. The soldiers are no longer going to war, but the war remains in their minds. They are confronted with the reality that the war has significantly affected their lives, as indicated by the wounded soldier's reconstructed face and the negative attitudes towards the officers.
Based on this analysis, the correct answer is indeed option B: It shows the gradual loss of hope and growing depression of the wounded soldiers and their need for distractions. The repetition of the bolded sentences reflects the soldiers' attempts to find solace and distractions from the war due to their deteriorating mental state.