Describe The Mood Of In Another Country Hemingway

Mood of Despair In “In Another Country,” Ernest Hemingway tells the story of wounded soldiers who are in the hospital to better their health. Hemingway uses different aspects of the story to create a despairing mood. The setting, elements of futility, and the isolation of the characters contribute to the mood of despair. The first device Hemingway uses to produce the mood of despair is the setting.

The use of the setting helps create the despairing mood. Elements of futility in the plot also emphasize the mood of despair.

The use of futility in the story also helps contribute to the despairing mood. Finally, the isolation of characters contributes to the despairing mood. The characters are all physically or emotionally separated. The boy with the black, silk
One day the boy goes to the front for the very first time (455). Within the hour of being at the front, the boy becomes wounded and becomes left without a nose (455). Because the boy does not stay in the front very long, he receives no medals unlike the other boys. Because the boy does not have a medal or a nose, he becomes physically detached. The boy’s isolation helps achieve the mood of despair. The narrator is emotionally separated. The narrator feels isolated because he receives his medals for being American, and the other soldiers receive theirs for risking their life (455). The narrator never becomes ashamed of the medals he gets and sometimes imagines himself doing what the other soldiers did to receive their medals (455). After he imagines himself doing the things the other soldiers did, he realizes he will never actually do them because dying scares him (455). The narrator being emotionally detached contributes to the despairing mood. The major is emotionally