Talks about death in the main sentence, saying, "The wonderful thing is that it's painless" (Hemingway 826). As the story unfolds, Harry as often as possible specifies his desire to die or how he feels death is near now. "You can shoot me." (Hemingway 826) and “I don't want to move” (Hemingway 827), and “There's no point in moving now except to make it easier for yourself” (Hemingway 827) and “You can't let a man die” as comfortably as possible without insult him? “(Hemingway 827). It seems that Harry is giving up, not so much because he is a weakling, despite his wife calling him that, but mostly because he feels that it is more pleasant for him at the moment to sit and pass as instead of waiting for a truck or a plane which most likely won't will never come. Throughout the rest of the story, Harry has several moments where he feels the closeness of
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