36. Read the following excerpt from "In Another Country" by Ernest Hemingway.

"The doctor told me that the major's wife, who was very young and whom he had not married until he was definitely invalided out of the war, had died of pneumonia. She had been sick only a few days. No one expected her to die."

What is the mood of this excerpt? Cite examples from the excerpt to support your answer.

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Averie Andrews

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3 June, 12:28

36. Read the following excerpt from "In Another Country" by Ernest Hemingway.

"The doctor told me that the major's wife, who was very young and whom he had not married until he was definitely invalided out of the war, had died of pneumonia. She had been sick only a few days. No one expected her to die."

What is the mood of this excerpt? Cite examples from the excerpt to support your answer.

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Aimee Gray · Answer 1

I think the mood in the excerpt is shocked and somber.

They people are shocked by the swiftness of the sickness. They did not anticipate the grim outcome. This is because the patient is very young and should have a stronger immune system and she has been sick for only a few days.

"who was very young"

"She had been sick only a few days. No one expected her to die."