Question

We Parked the cars beyond the brickyard. The ovens and some deep holes had been equipped as dressing stations. There we're three doctors that I knew. I talked with the major and learned that when it should start and our cars should be loaded we would drive them back along the screened road and up to the main road along the ridge where there would be a post and other cars to clear them.

which best describes Hemingways style of writing in the excerpt?
a. straightforward and simple , while still relating a lot of information tot he reader.
b. long - winded and offering far too much information to the reader.
c. overly complicated , making it difficult to interpret and understand the text.
d. effortless and uncomplicated with little meaning for the reader to interpret .

Answer 1

Right, so here it looks as if the answer is the second one, B. The passage starts of simple but around the fourth line Hemingway starts a sentence that doesn't end until the eighth line. It seems very long-winded and the information presented is a bit difficult to decipher, not to mention that hardly any of it in needed to properly understand the passage.

Answer 2

the correct answer would be A