Hemingways is one of the greatest American writers in the 20th century. He is ever a soldier so his short stories told about war. One of them is “in another country” described the feeling of losses, isolation and alienation the wounded soldiers experienced during World war one in Milan. In Hemingway opinion, wounded soldiers in “in another country” are heroes not only their courage but also endurance which proved concretely through the adversities in the Major’s life. In fact, the Major in the story is a courageous man because like I- narrator, three boys, or the boy with a silk across his face, The major has ever a champion fencer, he absolutely did not join into war with his championship but he wanted to devote his contribution for country, and finally, he is wounded in his hand, he cannot play fencing. His treatment by machines at hospital is “a theory”, but he still came regularly every afternoon. The soldiers and especially The major in this story are courageous in fighting and he did not fear death. And in normal life when returning from war, his courage is to overcome losses by getting married, he …show more content…
The life is very unfair for him because he contributed his youth as a duty for country, the physical wounds in war will be remedied, but his wife’s death is a big loss and cannot compensate from talking with I-narrator “if he is to lose everthing, she should not place himself in a position to lose. He is pessimistic that “a man must not marry?”. The wiriter’s above irony helps us sympathize that the Major can’t suffer both losses and unhappiness. But later, from the image “look out of window” we can see that is a courage spirit to get over all losses and unhappy. That is The Major’s acceptance to continue struggling and facing with the