It is significant because for one they are in a different country, but they are also alone and isolated in a new place because they are all wounded. Also, the people in the town isolate them because they are officers and the locals don’t like them.
2. Which character do you think best represents the “Hemingway hero”? Why?
I feel like the “Hemingway hero” in the story would be the major because he has endured a lot, from his wounded hand and his wife who recently died, but he handles these tragedies very well and he suffers through all this with dignity.
3. What can you infer about the photographs the doctor hangs up? What is the significance of the major’s reaction?
The photograph’s that the doctor hangs up are meant to give the men who are wounded hope that these machines have had past success, but it is easy to infer that those are all fake because they were the first men to use these machines. The major’s reaction is significant because he realizes this as well and his indifference shows to the pictures shows his role as the “Hemingway hero” because of how he accepts what has happened with dignity.
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