The Modern American Writer

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?

1) 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 2) 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. 3) "Very interesting, very interesting," the major said, and handed it back to the doctor.

In this excerpt from Ernest Hemingway's "In Another Country," which sentence shows the low self-esteem of the soldiers and their belief that being a soldier has nothing to do with bravery?

The three with the medals were like hunting-hawks; and I was not a hawk, although I might seem a hawk to those who had never hunted; they, the three, knew better and so we drifted apart.

What does the irony in these excerpts from "In Another Country" by Ernest Hemingway convey?

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?

accept it

Which of the following definitions best represents the meaning of the word invalided in this sentence from Ernest Hemingway's "In Another Country"?

to be removed from service due to injury or illness