The Modern American Writer

Authors use physical traits, private thoughts, behavior, and conversations to define their characters. In which of the following excerpts does Ernest Hemingway use characterization to define the narrator in "In Another Country"?

But I stayed good friends with the boy who had been wounded his first day at the front, because he would never know now how he would have turned out; so he could never be accepted either, and I liked him because I thought perhaps he would not have turned out to be a hawk either.

Which sentence in this excerpt from "In Another Country" by Ernest Hemingway reinforces the skepticism the soldiers have for the rehabilitation machines?

But it did not bend yet, and instead the machine lurched when it came to the bending part

In this excerpt from Ernest Hemingway's "In Another Country," which three sentences show the distrust the soldiers had toward new technology and medicine in the postwar era?

He winked at me when the doctor examined his hand, which was between two leather straps that bounced up and down and flapped the stiff fingers and said: "And will I too play football, captain-doctor? The doctor went to his office in a back room and brought a photograph which showed a hand that had been withered almost as small as the major's, before it had taken a machine course, and after was a little larger. The major held the photograph with his good hand and looked at it very carefully.

Which two sentences in this excerpt from Ernest Hemingway's "In Another Country" show that medals and awards in war don't always bring soldiers glory and acceptance?

The boys at first were very polite about my medals and asked me what I had done to get them I was a friend, but I was never really one of them after they had read the citations, because it had been different with them and they had done very different things to get their medals

What does the irony in these excerpts from "In Another Country" by Ernest Hemingway convey? The doctor came up to the machine where I was sitting and said: "What did you like best to do before the war? Did you practice a sport?" I said: "Yes, football." "Good," he said. "You will be able to play football again better than ever." My knee did not bend and the leg dropped straight from the knee to the ankle without a calf, and the machine was to bend the knee and make it move as riding a tricycle. . . . In the next machine was a major who had a little hand like a baby's. He winked at me when the doctor examined his hand, which was between two leather straps that bounced up and down and flapped the stiff fingers, and said: "And will I too play football, captain-doctor?" He had been a very great fencer, and before the war the greatest fencer in Italy.

The war is ruthless and took away the things most important to the identity and happiness of both men.

Based on this excerpt from Ernest Hemingway's "In Another Country," what is the contextual meaning of the word resign? "I am sorry," he said, and patted me on the shoulder with his good hand. "I would not be rude. My wife has just died. You must forgive me." "Oh-" I said, feeling sick for him. "I am so sorry." He stood there biting his lower lip. "It is very difficult," he said. "I cannot resign myself." He looked straight past me and out through the window. Then he began to cry. "I am utterly unable to resign myself," he said and choked. And then crying, his head up looking at nothing, carrying himself straight and soldierly, with tears on both cheeks and biting his lips, he walked past the machines and out the door.

accept it

Paul tries to act stoic and _______ about his brother being drafted to serve in the army, but his pained expression gives him away.

detached

We ____ ourselves to watch whatever movie Tiya rents on her day to choose.

resign

Which of the following definitions best represents the meaning of the word invalided in this sentence from Ernest Hemingway's "In Another Country"? The doctor told me that the major's wife, who was very young and whom he had not married until he was definitely invalided out of the war, had died of pneumonia.

to be removed from service due to injury or illness

The old letter they found in the book is ____ and frail.

withered