... an understatement. The usage of mud is similar to that of the rain. Mud, one of the "epithets of impurity and corruption" is frequently encountered throughout the novel (Schneider 286). As suggested in Line 4 of the passage, "the troops were muddy and wet in their capes". Hemmingway uses rain and mud as symbols in the entire work; "virtually every sentence says, "Death, ... despair, failure emptiness, "because virtually every sentence contains an image or symbol associated with the dominant state of mind" (Schneider 287). Rain acts not only as a symbol, but much more as well. "Structura...

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