Question

Based on this excerpt from Ernest Hemingway's "In Another Country," what is the contextual meaning of the word resign?

Answer 1

For PLATO the answer is A

Accept it

Answer 2

The word resign have different meanings, however, the excerpt gives a clear context to infer what this word is about. In this context, resign means to make oneself accept a situation or a fact with calmness, to accept it as inevitable, without resistance. In the excerpt, the man has just lost his wife and he feels that he can nor resign himself to it. Indeed, death sometimes is a very difficult thing to process, and accept as true, as for many it is seen as painful, uncertain or beyond our control.