... true focus is to be on the job. While he is there, however, some things do not go as he intended. His beloved, Luz, is not faithful to him. Hemingway quotes, "Living in the muddy, rainy town in the winter, the major of the battalion made love to Luz, and she had never known Italians before, and finally wrote back to ... she expects to marry the major in the spring. Hemingway shows, "She hoped he would have a great career and believed in him absolutely. She knew it was for the best"(359). The story ends shortly after this deplorable news. The reader learns that Luz's expectations of beco...

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• Grade Level: High School