As disillusionment with the war sets in, the characters change. Olivia offered strong textual support demonstrating the change in both Dr. Rinaldi and the priest. With respect to Rinaldi ,we examined the metaphorical significance of his contracting a STD, and the cause of his existential crisis leading him to comment that "it all amounts to nothing". Likewise , as Olivia pointed out ,the priest has become inured to the war . Hemingway's writing submerges emotions to facts ,and Olivia perceptively commented on the farewell scene between the main characters as abrupt ,and unemotional. Again, I mentioned that stylistically Hemingway offers the reader the sensory experience of what is seen and heard relying on the reader to infer the submerged emotional content. We last discussed Lt. Henry's comments on war,victory,and defeat as illustrative of Hemingway's binary philosophy leaving no middle ground. Man either rises against the outside world or is vanquished. For homework ,I assigned reading through chapter 31.