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…showed last 75 words of 924 total…one that confronts a controversial issue without ever actually naming it. This proves that recognizing his use of symbolism and theme in simple dialogue is crucial to the reader understanding the underlying issues of the two characters. Clearly, Hemingway allowed this story to be open for discussion for many years to follow, allowing it to not only reflect the ideas of pre-World War II Europe, but to be adapted to the thoughts of modern societies.