In Another Country
While reading “In Another Country” by Ernest Hemingway is noticed a significant amount of characterization between characters in the short story. I recognized internal and external conflicts. I also noticed a large amount of symbolism throughout the story which represented some of the struggles people faced during World War I.
The Narrator of the story happened to be the main character and he presented the story in 1st person. He was an officer who had been injured during the war and could no longer participate in battle. Even though he had suffered hardship he did not become bitter from the war unlike another character, the major. He had gotten injured during the war and “had a little hand like a baby’s” (Hemingway 731). The major did not have self-control and would speak angrily at people, he had a bad temper. The major and the narrator were quite different in character, but similar in their situations in the world. They were both wounded officers who were detached from society and their communities.
Symbolism was also seen throughout the story such as the reference to the cold war, the machines, and hunting hawks. The hunting hawks represented the men who were brave and courageous in battle. They risked their lives during the hard cold war.
Internal and External conflicts were seen in the story. An external conflict was shown when the other boys who were injured had discovered that the narrator received his medals because he was an American. They changed their manner with him and did not respect him in the same way as before. An internal conflict was displayed when the narrator was walking home one night and “[he] knew that [he] would never have done such things…afraid to die” (Hemingway 733). This shows that the narrator was struggling with the fact that he was not as brave as his peers.
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