Associate Professor, S.V. College of Engineering and Technology, Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh, India
Online published on 23 December, 2013.
The growth of the concept of nationalism led to the glorification of war. Fighting for one's country came to be regarded as something honourable and sacred. The feeling of patriotism inspired people to participate in wars and those who displayed extraordinary courage and skill in war were elevated to the status of national heroes. Disillusionment was inevitable because modern warfare is certainly not an arena where one can accomplish heroic feats. The rapid development of science in the twentieth century led to the invention of highly complicated and refined fighting equipment. Hemingway had a certain romantic notion of man, brave, virile, sporting, hard wearing, a kind of a macho figure, and he strongly believed in individual courage and heroism. Hemingway had seen much war in his lifetime.
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