{"title":"Chapter I of In Our Time: Origins, Omissions, and Arrangement","authors":"D. Robinson","doi":"10.1353/hem.2020.0019","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:Chapter I of In Our Time, while only 112 words in length, is deceptively complex in its presentation as well as in its depth of emotion. The story is, like others in the collection, a story of war’s effects upon the psyches of individuals caught within its patriotic jingoism and destructive violence. In the story, Ernest Hemingway explores what has come to be called post-traumatic stress disorder through the shocked sensibilities of a French soldier dealing with his memories of the 1915 Second Battle of Champagne. Through his use of the ice-berg theory of omission and a particularized arrangement of sentences, Hemingway presents the cauterized emotions of his narrator.","PeriodicalId":22434,"journal":{"name":"The Hemingway Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2020-11-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"The Hemingway Review","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1353/hem.2020.0019","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract:Chapter I of In Our Time, while only 112 words in length, is deceptively complex in its presentation as well as in its depth of emotion. The story is, like others in the collection, a story of war’s effects upon the psyches of individuals caught within its patriotic jingoism and destructive violence. In the story, Ernest Hemingway explores what has come to be called post-traumatic stress disorder through the shocked sensibilities of a French soldier dealing with his memories of the 1915 Second Battle of Champagne. Through his use of the ice-berg theory of omission and a particularized arrangement of sentences, Hemingway presents the cauterized emotions of his narrator.