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Martino 1
John Martino
Professor Michele D’Angelo
CMP-120
5 May 2015
We Are All Part of Each Other
Author Ernest Hemingway’s two short stories, “Night Before Battle” and “Under
the Ridge,” effectively translates his claim that ‘we are all part of each other,’ and are
then in turn required to take part
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In these stories,
Hemingway specifically uses first-hand experiences from fighting in the Spanish Civil
war to prove this claim is even found to be true in the most emotional testing time
possible: war
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Hemingway reflects how humans take responsibility of other humans through his
character, Al Wagner, who exuberates admirable courage in “Night Before Battle
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We meet
Al Wagner when Edwin runs into the tank commander inside the bar
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Al reveals he only has three good members in the tank
division
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Edwin asks who the third man is and Al replies himself
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Hemingway further develops his claim in both the Frenchman’s desire to fight
injured and Al Wagner’s rallying of the injured
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Al Wagner was totally convinced that his brigade was at
such a disadvantage that they already had no chance at victory
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His attempt to rally them up to give the best fight they
possibly could proves his leadership
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He understands that if the people
see powerful figures give up, their morale will decline and his people will be dying in
vein
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Regardless of if they had a chance or not in the battle where
their own lives would be on the line, they knew they had to stay positive and develop
leadership roles
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This is a perfect illustration of how Al’s emotion for the
greater good of the country allowed him to mask his fear of death
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Edwin, the infamous
Spanish civil war videographer, returns again, resting in a cave with a few soldiers
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The man goes on
later to say that he hates all foreigners, especially Russians
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Extremaduran
tells Edwin about a one of his foreign soldiers, Paco, who was tremendously terrified to
fight
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Later on in the story, the Extremaduran visits Paco at the hospital
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Paco flashed the officer his amputated hand and resents his cowardly
decision
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I will do what I can with
one hand for the cause”(Hemingway, 467)
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Hemingway rather exemplifies responsibility
through the Extremaduran’s execution of Paco and how his emotions provoked his
actions
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The Extremaduran had to shoot Paco to
make an example in front of his brigade
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As the leader of the troop, he cannot have his
soldiers considering running away or seconding guessing the loyalty of those in the
brigade
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Martino 4
In both stories, there are classic hints of Hemingway’s depiction of masculinity
and cowardice, which relate to his claim of the necessity of taking responsibility for other
fellow humans
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He specifically implements these familiar writing patterns to show the
different perspectives of the same claim
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An instability or question in confidence and
leadership could have struck fear into the loyalists, rendering their fight for freedom
irrelevant
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The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway
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