Question

. What does the irony in these excerpts from “In Another Country” by Ernest Hemingway convey? The doctor came up to the machine where I was sitting and said: "What did you like best to do before the war? Did you practice a sport?" I said: "Yes, football." "Good," he said. "You will be able to play football again better than ever." My knee did not bend and the leg dropped straight from the knee to the ankle without a calf, and the machine was to bend the knee and make it move as riding a tricycle. . . . In the next machine was a major who had a little hand like a baby's. He winked at me when the doctor examined his hand, which was between two leather straps that bounced up and down and flapped the stiff fingers, and said: "And will I too play football, captain-doctor?" He had been a very great fencer, and before the war the greatest fencer in Italy.

Answer 1

Answer:

• The war is ruthless and took away the things most important to the identity and happiness of both men.

Explanation:

Truly these men have been all around gravely harmed in the war, and it is impossible they will ever have the capacity to return to normal.  

It likewise unmistakably demonstrates that the soldiers had totally lost their identities.

Answer 2

What does the irony in these excerpts from "In Another Country" by ernest Hemingway convey
 
that the war is ruthless and took away the things most important to identify and happiness of both men. it also clearly shows that the soliders had completely lost their identities and expectations

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