Based on this excerpt from Ernest Hemingway's "In Another Country," what is the contextual meaning of the word resign? "I am sorry," he said, and patted me on the shoulder with his good hand. "I would not be rude. My wife has just died. You must forgive me.""Oh-" I said, feeling sick for him. "I am so sorry."He stood there biting his lower lip. "It is very difficult," he said. "I cannot resign myself."He looked straight past me and out through the window. Then he began to cry. "I am utterly unable to resign myself," he said and choked. And then crying, his head up looking at nothing, carrying himself straight and soldierly, with tears on both cheeks and biting his lips, he walked past the machines and out the door. A. accept it B. assume it C. explain it D. defend it

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What important fact about the wounded soldiers is reflected by the repetition of the bolded sentences in the excerpts from "In Another Country" by Ernest Hemingway?  A. It establishes the irony that, although the wounded soldiers have physically left the warfront, the war continues to haunt them psychologically. B. It shows the gradual loss of hope and growing depression of the wounded soldiers and their need for distractions. C. It establishes the wounded soldiers’ determination to shun war and disobey military commands to return to the front after they recover. D. It shows the wounded soldiers’ sadness and disappointment at the lack of gratitude from the people they risked their lives to protect. E. It shows the wounded soldiers’ belief that the war would never end, even as thousands of soldiers were killed or wounded and sent to hospitals.

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. A. The doctor, who is supposed to be sympathetic and helpful to his patients, does not really understand their suffering. B. Modern technology aided war efforts by providing horrific weapons, but it couldn’t help the soldiers. C. The war is ruthless and took away the things most important to the identity and happiness of both men.  D. Despite facing the horrors of war, the soldiers are still able to keep a sense of humor.

How does Ernest Hemingway's minimalist writing style convey emotion and subtext in "Hills Like White Elephants"?

What is one way that Hemingway conveys a sympathetic tone in his writing? aBy talking about the fisherman's hope bBy using a straight-forward writing style cBy talking about the weather dBy avoiding humor or comic relief