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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. | :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'' (1929), Hemingway describes how | ||
Mannlicher-Carcano rifle. At the outset of ''A Farewell to Arms'' (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}} | ||