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{{center|FIREARMS IN THE WORKS OF}} | |||
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BY NOW IT IS MOUTHING A TRUISM TO POINT OUT THAT FIREARMS have played | BY NOW IT IS MOUTHING A TRUISM TO POINT OUT THAT FIREARMS have played | ||
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Mannlicher-Carcano rifle. At the outset of ''A Farewell to Arms'' (1929), Hemingway describes how | Mannlicher-Carcano rifle. At the outset of ''A Farewell to Arms'' (1929), Hemingway describes how | ||
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 | ||
wet and under their capes the two leather cartridge-boxes on the | wet and under their capes the two leather cartridge-boxes on the | ||
front of the belts, gray leather boxes heavy with the packs of clips | front of the belts, gray leather boxes heavy with the packs of clips | ||
of thin, long 6.5 mm. cartridges, bulged forward under the capes | of thin, long 6.5 mm. cartridges, bulged forward under the capes | ||
so that the men, passing on the road, marched as though they | so that the men, passing on the road, marched as though they | ||
were six months gone with child. (4) | were six months gone with child. (4)}} | ||
This crucial passage foreshadows the thematic connection of rain, pregnancy, war and death in the novel, notably that of Catherine Barkley, which | This crucial passage foreshadows the thematic connection of rain, pregnancy, war and death in the novel, notably that of Catherine Barkley, which | ||