ttraband t1_j293ut5 wrote
Reply to comment by Massacre-_-lover in [a farewell to arms] forgive my ignorance but what the hell does henry’s role as a soldier even consist of?(rant) by Massacre-_-lover
Subtext = under the words.
Many of the readers when the book came out would either have been in the war, lost people in the war, seen the effects of the war on those who came home, or seen the gaps in society left by those who were lost, or any combinations of those experiences. There is a lot that would not have to have been spelled out for that audience as soon as the setting was clearly communicated.
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