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Introduction to Late Modern and Postwar Literature

Question 1 • WINGS PA - 26 Literature III B Jefferson-Oliver

Read the quotation from Ernest Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms.There is nothing as bad as war. . . . When people realize how bad it is they cannot do anything to stop it because they go crazy. There are some people who never realize.Which common Lost Generation theme is reflected in the passage?

Answer
A
scorn for middle-class values
B
contempt for warfare
C
a deep sense of patriotism
D
opposition to censorship

Explanation

The speaker describes war as extremely destructive, saying it is “nothing as bad” and that people who understand its horrors can be driven crazy. This reflects contempt for warfare, rather than patriotism or opposition to censorship.

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