IN ANOTHER COUNTRY ANALYSIS
Questions 1, 2, 3, and 4 on page 584; continued from yesterday:




2nd GROUP:
DEPICTION OF LONELINESS:
RELATIONSHIP OF THE MEN
THE DOCTORS LYING TO THE MEN
THE PHYSICAL CONDITION OF THE MEN
SEASON: THE FALL
THE COLD
THE ITALIANS INSIDE THE WARMTH OF THE CAFÉ WHILE THE FOUR MEN ARE OUTSIDE IN THE COLD. THE MEN LOOK INSIDE AND SEE THE COUPLES AND THE FRIENDS INSIDE THE WARMTH OF THE CAFE. THE MEN ARE “OUTSIDE LOOKING IN.”
THE ITALIANS CURSE THE MEN IN THE GROUP.
THE MEN IN THE GROUP ARE NOT REALLY FRIENDS.

3RD GROUP:
THE THEME OF THE STORY, “IN ANOTHER COUNTRY” IS “WAR IS A TRAUMATIC EVENT THAT CAN DESTROY PEOPLE’S LIVES.”
OTHER THEMES:
LIFE IS FILLED WITH LOSS.
WE BLIND OURSELVES TO THE TRUTH.
WE DISTRACT OURSELVES FROM THE TRUTH.
THE MAJOR DISTRACTS HIMSELF FROM HIS PAIN, AND THE TRUTH THAT THE MACHINES DO NOT WORK.

FOURTH GROUP:
GIVE EXAMPLES THAT SHOW THE TERSE STYLE OF HEMINGWAY’S WRITING:
“HE WENT TO SOUTH AMERICA AND WORKED IN A BANK.”
“NOBODY EXPECTED HER TO DIE.”
“ON THE NEXT MACHINE THERE WAS A MAJOR WITH A LITTLE HAND LIKE A BABY.”
HOW DOES THE TERSENESS OF THE DICTION REFLECT THE THEME?
IT IS STRAIGHT TO THE POINT. IT IS NOT FLOWERY OR ORNATE. THE TERSENESS OF THE LANGUAGE FORCES THE READER TO DIG INTO THE TEXT TO DISCOVER THE TRUTH OF THE CHARACTERS AND THEIR EMOTIONS. THE TERSENESS LENDS AN EMOTIONAL DISTANCE TO THE PAIN OF THE CHARACTERS, WHICH ECHOES THE DISTANCE THE CHARACTERS EXPERIENCE WITH EACH OTHER.