Think about the doctor who treated the major and the speaker in the short story "In Another Country." Put yourself in the shoes
of the doctor, and based on what you read in the story, write what you think his thoughts about the major and the speaker would be. Use the following vocabulary in your response and change the form of these words as needed: - detached
The machines come to symbolize the false hopes and promises of the modern age. The narrator's suspicion of these machines is conveyed in his descriptions of the major's case. While the machine works upon his injured hand, the major merely looks out the window. Like the narrator, he is detached. Nevertheless, as the code hero, he goes through the motions; he adheres to the form required of him despite meaninglessness.