The conflict of the story, “In Another Country”, is a
subtle emotional conflict regarding the possibility of emotional rehabilitation
. The narrator has been injured and is undergoing a rehabilitation program on machines. However, his injury is not entirely physical.
Why does the major In Another Country get so upset when the narrator tells him he plans to get married when he returns to the States?
The main reason he said this was
because he was a soldier
. His concern was twofold. If he were married in wartime, he would have two worries. One is that he would be distracted in battle, thinking about leaving his wife all alone if he were to die.
What is the main point of In Another Country?
The main themes of the short story “In Another Country” by Ernest Hemingway are
war, courage and fear, and isolation and rejection
.
What is In Another Country by Hemingway about?
The short story is about
an ambulance corps member in Milan during World War I
. Although unnamed, he is assumed to be Nick Adams, a character Hemingway made to represent himself. He has an injured knee and visits a hospital daily for rehabilitation.
What is the mood in In Another Country?
The mood of the story is
charged, ultimately
, with a tension that animates the sense of alienation and loss and poses that isolation as a sort of existential suffering. In order to live fully and with joy, one must take the chance that one’s joy can be taken away.
What is the meaning of the title In Another Country?
Being “in another country” also means
that the characters are separated according to their experiences in life
. The narrator feels close to the major until the major learns of his wife’s death. Due to this loss, the major is alienated from the narrator because the narrator hasn’t experienced this kind of loss yet.
What is the irony in the story In Another Country?
The other irony that we can find from “In Another Country” is this story
tells the readers about four soldiers who feel that they lives were meaningless because of their wounds after war
. They feel that they lost their trust in people because of those wounds. Their wounds make them have no hope in their lives.
What might the machines represent in In Another Country?
To the major, the machinery in “In Another Country” represents
the war machine and man’s dependency upon something mechanical that can fail him
. The Italian major, who was once a fencing champion, now has a withered hand that is useless to him.
What happens to the major’s wife In Another Country?
Readers later learn that the major’s wife, much younger than he,
has just died from pneumonia after three days of suffering
.
Why does the boy with the black silk handkerchief on his face have no medals?
The boy who wears a black silk bandage over his face did not receive any medals
because he had been wounded after serving only one hour at the front
, not long enough to qualify for a medal. He had lost his nose and was having his face rebuilt by some early form of plastic surgery.
What does the story tell us about how a man should behave In Another Country?
What does the story tell us about how a man should behave? In the story “In Another Country,” the narrator suggests that,
even if he has no confidence in certain things, he should maintain hope and try to improve his life.
What is the setting of the story In Another Country?
Published in 1926, the short story “In Another Country” by Ernest Hemingway is set in
Milan, Italy, most probably during World War I
(Hemingway fought in World War I).
What is the narrator’s feeling about death In Another Country?
The narrator feels
sick with sympathy
, and says he is “so sorry.” The major says it is “very difficult” and he cannot “resign” himself. He chokes. Crying, biting his lips, the major walks “straight and soldierly” out of the room, not looking at anyone or anything.
What is the significance of the setting in the story In Another Country?
The setting of Hemingway’s story “In Another Country” is
Italy, a country that suffered thousands of deaths and injuries in battles on several fronts
. This proud country acts as the Objective Correlative for the figurative “another country” in which the injured soldiers find themselves.
What is the narrator of In Another Country doing in Italy?
The narrator of this story,
a wounded American soldier
, is recuperating from his injury in Milan, Italy. He receives treatments delivered by machines each afternoon at the hospital.
What’s the tone of the short story In Another Country?
The tone of “In Another Country” is
sanguine, or hopeful
. The speaker of the story feels rather optimistic, despite all the pain and suffering around him.
