Hemingway’s passage conveys (C) a spirit of disillusionment and hopelessness in the postwar era.
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Who was Hemingway?</h3>
- Ernest Miller Hemingway (July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961) was a novelist, short-story writer, and journalist from the United States.
- His minimalist and modest style, which he dubbed the "iceberg theory," had a significant impact on twentieth-century fiction, while his adventurous lifestyle and public image earned him praise from subsequent generations.
- Hemingway wrote much of his work between the mid-1920s and the mid-1950s, and he received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954.
- He wrote seven novels, six collections of short stories, and two nonfiction books.
In the given passage, "the world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong in the broken places. But those that will not break it kill. It kills the very good and the very gentle and the very brave impartially. If you are none of these you can be sure it will kill you too but there will be no special hurry" shows a sense of disillusionment.
Hemingway’s passage conveys a spirit of disillusionment and hopelessness.
Therefore, Hemingway’s passage conveys (C) a spirit of disillusionment and hopelessness in the postwar era.
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The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong in the broken places. But those that will not break it kill. It kills the very good and the very gentle and the very brave impartially. If you are none of these you can be sure it will kill you too but there will be no special hurry.
What reaction to the postwar era does Hemingway’s passage convey?
(A) the excitement of the spirit of rebirth and renewal.
(B) rejection of technology and acceptance of nature.
(C) spirit of disillusionment and hopelessness.
(D) desire to return to the values and ideas of the prewar era.
