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mere accoutrements or plot devices, they are more often significant thematically and symbolically. | mere accoutrements or plot devices, they are more often significant thematically and symbolically. | ||
Occasionally, serendipitous connections between the two authors present themselves. The best example of these may be the case of the 6.5 mm. Mannlicher-Carcano rifle. At the outset of ''A Farewell to Arms'' {{sfn| | Occasionally, serendipitous connections between the two authors present themselves. The best example of these may be the case of the 6.5 mm. Mannlicher-Carcano rifle. At the outset of ''A Farewell to Arms'' {{sfn|Hemingway|1929|}}, Hemingway describes how | ||
{{center|the troops were muddy and wet in their capes; their rifles were}} | {{center|the troops were muddy and wet in their capes; their rifles were}} | ||
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1963, forty-five years after the 1918 setting of Hemingway’s ''Farewell'', and used | 1963, forty-five years after the 1918 setting of Hemingway’s ''Farewell'', and used | ||
to assassinate John F. Kennedy, as elaborated upon in Mailer’s ''Oswald’s Tale: | to assassinate John F. Kennedy, as elaborated upon in Mailer’s ''Oswald’s Tale: | ||
An American Mystery'' {{sfn| | An American Mystery'' {{sfn|Mailer|1995|}}. This death of monumental, tragic proportions was brought about by the use of a $10 gun. Also in ''A Farewell to Arms'', Frederick Henry feels faintly ridiculous in obeying the regulation that a uniformed officer be armed with a pistol even when out of combat (148).Yet after his | ||
was brought about by the use of a $10 gun. Also in ''A Farewell to Arms'', Frederick Henry feels faintly ridiculous in obeying the regulation that a uniformed | |||
officer be armed with a pistol even when out of combat (148).Yet after his | |||
convalescence in Milan he uses his pistol (of unspecified caliber, but described | convalescence in Milan he uses his pistol (of unspecified caliber, but described | ||
as “regulation”) during the next campaign to shoot one of two sergeants for | as “regulation”) during the next campaign to shoot one of two sergeants for | ||