Question

Which of the following lines from "In Another Country" by Ernest Hemingway contribute to the prevailing mood of apathy in the story?

Answer 1

There are two lines that contribute to the mood of apathy:

A. One day I had said that Italian seemed such an easy language to me that I could not take a great interest in it; everything was so easy to say "ah yes" the major said. 

AND 

C. We were all a little detached, and there was nothing that held us together except that we met every afternoon at the hospital.

Apathy, which means to not care and/or to be somewhat stoic with regard to something, can be found in response A in how the narrator notes that he could not take a great interest in the Italian language. An element of apathy can be found, too, in response “C” in how it is noted “We were all a little detached.” Both responses contain the theme of not caring, not interested—apathy.

Answer 2

Answer:

A. One day I had said that Italian seemed such an easy language to me that I could not take a great interest in it; everything was so easy to say. "Ah, yes," the major said.

Explanation:

Plato