Main contents:
1 tells what a group of disabled soldiers who retreated from the front saw and heard in a hospital in Milan, Italy. Through the eyes of a young American soldier in a foreign country, it shows the permanent damage caused by cruel war.
This novel describes Italy ravaged by war. For the narrator of the story-an American, it is a foreign land, but for the wounded soldiers who have experienced blood and fire, Milan, far from the battlefield, is another world. The trauma of the war caused these soldiers who escaped death to be alienated from society and normal life and live alone in another world.
The writer exposes the cruelty of the war by describing the scars left by the war. For example, in the war, an American soldier was injured in the knee joint, his calf was stiff, and his hand was seriously injured, shrinking like a child's finger. After an hour, he was injured and went directly to the front from the military school. The stories of these characters profoundly reflect the double destruction of human body and spirit by war.
It reflects Hemingway's hatred of war and his anti-war sentiment. Even today, the anti-war thought is still of great significance. It warns us: love peace and stop war, because war will only bring physical and psychological harm to people.
The meaning of the work:
1 is one of Hemingway's masterpieces in a series of short stories, which profoundly and truly reveals the absurdity and cruelty of war, probes into the meaning and value of life, and shows the predicament and confusion of modern people.
2. Based on his personal experience, Hemingway described in detail the life and mental state of the wounded soldiers in the Italian war, and profoundly revealed the cruelty and absurdity of the war.
This work shows Hemingway's image as a great thinker and humanist. He revealed the cruelty and absurdity of war with concise and true language, and called on people to reflect on the significance and value of war.
4. This work also shows Hemingway's thinking and exploration of life. By describing the emotional communication and inner contradictions between characters, he reveals the predicament and confusion faced by modern people and appeals to people to pursue a real and meaningful life.
5. It is an important work in Hemingway's literary creation, which profoundly reveals the cruelty and absurdity of war, probes into the meaning and value of life, shows the predicament and confusion faced by modern people, and appeals to people to pursue a real and meaningful life.