What important fact about the wounded soldiers is reflected by the repetition of the bolded sentences in the excerpts from "In Another Country" by Ernest Hemingway?

a. It establishes the irony that, although the wounded soldiers have left the war front, the war continues to haunt them psychologically.
b. It shows the gradual loss of hope and growing depression of the wounded soldiers and their need for distractions.
c. It establishes the wounded soldiers’ determination to shun war and disobey military commands to return to the front after they recover.
d. It shows the wounded soldiers’ sadness and disappointment at the lack of gratitude from the people they risked their lives to protect.


Answer: a. It establishes the irony that, although the wounded soldiers have left the war front, the war continues to haunt them psychologically.

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