Question

Read the quotation from Ernest Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms.There is nothing as bad as war. . . . When people realize how bad it is they cannot do anything to stop it because they go crazy. There are some people who never realize.

Which common Lost Generation theme is reflected in the passage?

Answer 1

Took the test and the correct answer is B.contempt for warfare

Answer 2

The common Lost Generation theme reflected in the passage is contempt for warfare.

The term “Lost Generation”was coined by Gertrude Stein to refer to a group of writers, poets, and musicians who lived in Paris during the 1920s, and used to discussed similar themes in their works, including disillusionment in the post-World War I society, loss and lack of identity and tradition, and an uncertainty of the future.