Hemingway

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Throughout history there have been overthrows on governments in order to bring a new government into power. In “Chapter V” of Hemingway’s In Our Time, Hemingway implies that old governments are often replaced and a new regime ascends to power. Throughout history old governments have been deposed by a new system which is fit to rule the people of its time. In “Chapter V” Hemingway subtly hints that an old, dying government is often overthrown by a new, organized, and often militaristic regime.
In “Chapter V”, Hemingway uses diction with syntax to create a gloomy, serious, and straightforward tone. The tone is important in this paragraph because it shows how Hemingway is describing this dismal scene. “There were wet dead leaves on the paving of the courtyard”(Hemingway), If this description is plugged into the symbolism of the chapter it can foreshadow what happens at the end of the passage and where it happens.
Another element used in the syntax in the chapter is the word “they.” The use of the word “they” in the passage is used most when referring to the soldiers. “They” is a nameless and numberless pronoun which suggests that Hemingway wanted to keep the identity of the people who are responsible unclear. He uses this when describing the execution. “They shot the cabinet ministers at ...hospital”. This description shows how he keeps the identity of the soldiers unclear in the paragraph.
Hemingway also uses the word “they” to show that the soldiers are not individuals but part of a collective and are receiving orders. Hemingway writes, “They tried to hold him up against the wall.” and continues later in the paragraph“Finally the officer told the soldiers....”. Hemingway uses this to illustrate that “they” are following orders form a person of a higher rank. In this chapter that is important to show that the new regime is more organized than the old government.
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