Joshua worked on identifying tone and imagery by examining the author's diction. I first directed attention to two laconic passages wherein Hemingway describes the death of soldiers with detachment .We discussed the author' s implicit condemnation of war not only in tone but by the image of war as a factory where soldiers are the raw materials. I then provided an analytical framework for the novel by outlining on the board the broad conflict in the novel between Lt Henry and society(represented as the War) noting the many references to Lt Henry as an outsider to the Italian cause. We further delved into the implications of Hemingway's philosophy ( directly expressed in other novels) that "Man can be broken but not defeated." We noted that Lt Henry is "broken" or wounded in the War and now must rise against his circumstances . In this regard, I discussed the Hemingway Code of "grace under pressure."