Read the excerpt from Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms. We parked the cars beyond the brickyard. The ovens and some deep holes had been equipped as dressing stations. There were three doctors that I knew. I talked with the major and learned that when it should start and our cars should be loaded we would drive them back along the screened road and up to the main road along the ridge where there would be a post and other cars to clear them. Which best describes Hemingway’s style of writing in the excerpt?

A. He prefers the company of the officers to that of the drivers.

B. He only spends time with the officers so he can get cigarettes for the drivers.

C. He looks down on everyone involved in the war, both officers and enlisted men.

D. He interacts easily with both his superiors and the drivers.

D is the correct answer. As can be seen from the excerpt, "There were three doctors that I knew. I talked with the major...", it can be seen that he easily interacts with people of different ranks and classes.

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D. He interacts easily with both his superiors and the drivers.

Hemming way’s novel, ‘A Farewell to Arms’ is suggestive of its title itself, i.e. the novel brings out the stark and naked truth of loss and mind-numbing violence, that are just two aspects of war. Set during the events of the First World War, it recounts the journey of a young Italian soldier, whose experiences with the reality of the war communicates extremely strong messages to be perceived.

Further Explanation:

The novel in itself is replete with images such as separation, violence, conflict, loss of rationality and the failure of humanity to grapple with stark realism. In this particular excerpt, the writer conveys a sense of urgency, and a necessity to obey every command of his superior. This required a steady flow of communication, and thus, he had to be able to interact easily with both his superiors and drivers, so that this important communicative channel is left undisrupted. However, that does not mean that the writer is supporting the cause or effects of the war. The scene should be set probably in a military hospital, where injured soldiers would be treated, however, they were required to be evacuated to some other place, due to some imminent complications. This was certainly a very dangerous move, full of risks.

Henry is a soldier hardened by war, which makes him get along easily with all of his colleagues in war. The undertones of Hemming way’s work does not reflect a pacifist narrative, rather it projects war as an engineering of the cruel political designs of powerful nations, who do not consider human relationships, love or any other human sentiment to be valuable before them. War was associated with loss, pain, regret, irrationality, cold-blooded murder, sabotage, treason, espionage, and separation. It seems that while war brought Henry and Catherine together, their fate was changed due to the effects of war, as Catherine dies while delivering their child, leaving Henry all alone. War sanctions violence, and justifies the killing of innocent souls, as seen from Henry’s shooting of an innocent engineer who refuses to help. War takes away a human’s innocence and molds them into cold-hearted beings, however, the power of love restores their faith in humanity.

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Answer Details:

Grade: High School

Chapter: Ernest Hemingway, ‘A Farewell to Arms’

Subject: Literature

Keywords:

War, love, separation, urgency, obeying commands, rationality, violence, murder, faith in humanity, pacifism.