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What we do and observe everyday determines us as people. Our reactions, and expressions of our thoughts allow those around us to perceive who we are. Ernest Hemingway shows in the short novel In Another Country the various types of lives people lead, and the issues the face day to day. In this piece Hemingway presents his reader with a variety of characters ranging from the optimistic doctor to Signor Maggiore hardened by war and death. Ernest Hemingway's method of characterization is a simple system, presenting a few of the characters inner thoughts, and their reactions to their everyday occurrences.

One character Hemingway gives insight to early on in the story is the doctor at the hospital who runs the rehabilitation for the injured soldiers. A quote that best exemplifies the doctor's overall characterization throughout the novel is seen when he is speaking to the main character, "That will all pass. You are a fortunate young man. You will play football again like a champion."(Hemingway, Ernest, In Another Country, New York: Macmillan publishing, 1974, p. 8) In this excerpt the doctor is telling the main character that his maimed leg will someday be fully rehabilitated. The machines for rehabil

A character on the opposite end of the spectrum from the doctor is Signor Maggiore, a man Hemingway characterizes in a different manner but with the same method. This hardened major from the Italian infantry has an injured hand that flaps up and down on a machine. A piece of dialogue that shows the characterization of the major is, "You have confidence?" "No," said the major. (Hemingway, P.8) The main character is speaking to the major about if he thinks the machine will help rehabilitate his maimed hand. Signor Maggiore responds with the grim simplistic answer "no". This shows that the major is used to painful rejections from war, and not receiving the best chances in life. He is not trusting in the doctor's words, and is much more of a pessimist than an optimist. The war has hardened him in an irreversible manner. Also his ranking of major gives the impression of an older wiser figure in this short novel. Hemingway utilizes his simplistic skill of characterization by telling his reader a great deal about Signor Maggiore through the singular answer of "no".

"champion". The Machines' positive effects are questioned because they have never been tested, and the doctor tells the soldiers that they are working because he wishes so gravely the he can help them. Saying that he will cure them even if he does not know. Hemingway characterizes the doctor greatly in this simplistic quote, showing him as an optimist who is very caring but not entirely honest with his patients.

he returns to the states. The major becomes very angry with him telling him he cannot marry because it is not right to put yourself in a position to lose something valuable, such as a wife. Signor Maggiore then apologizes for his irrational anger, and says it was because he has just received news of

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Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)

Category: English