Answer: working conditions in the cities are difficult and getting worse
Explanation:
Although the United States was actively involved in World War I for only nineteen months, from April 1917 to November 1918, the mobilization of the economy was extraordinary. ... Over four millionAmericans served in the armed forces, and the U.S. economyturned out a vast supply of raw materials and munitions.
This is Hemingway's belief that issues should be dealt with stoically and heroically. This can be seen in The Old Man and the Sea in the way the man never gives up and fights the Fish with all that he's got.
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