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Research Essay. The Isonzo and Hemingway. How did the Italians capture Gorizia ? What did it mean to shell it or bomb it "only a little, in a military way"? Why was the town strategically important?. Thesis Statement.

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  1. Research Essay The Isonzo and Hemingway

  2. How did the Italians capture Gorizia? What did it mean to shell it or bomb it "only a little, in a military way"? Why was the town strategically important?

  3. Thesis Statement How did the Italians capture Gorizia? What did it mean to shell it or bomb it "only a little, in a military way"? Why was the town strategically important?

  4. History • Highly defensible frontier • Strategic base for an offensive • One of the greatest kill zones of the First World War

  5. Hemingway • Autumn at the beginning of the novel • Happiness at the beginning/Felt comfortable at Milan/Out of place back at the front • Protection within the mountains and the river bed leads to the stall and retreat of the Italian Army

  6. Support How did the Italians capture Gorizia? What did it mean to shell it or bomb it "only a little, in a military way"? Why was the town strategically important?

  7. History • Italians attacked everywhere but gained little anywhere • Social and economic strains on the nation • Effort to keep popular support • Italians focused ten divisions against Austria-Hungary’s two

  8. Hemingway • (In the beginning) Hemingway (Frederic) enjoyed the war • Volunteered as an ambulance driver with the Italian Army because he was unable to serve in the American Army • While the description is cheery, there is an underlying feeling of death that foreshadows Caporetto and Catherine

  9. Support How did the Italians capture Gorizia? What did it mean to shell it or bomb it "only a little, in a military way"? Why was the town strategically important?

  10. History • A Delimitation Commission following the war of 1866 had given Austria the frontier • Italy joined the war early in effort to reclaim land cheap • Recaptured the area after the Battle of Caporetto

  11. Hemingway • Hints to the fact that they will be returning • Foreshadows leaving and returning • Shows beauty surrounded by destruction

  12. Commentary • The following three battles started the downward spiral of the morale of the Italian Army • Lead up to the defeat at Caporetto

  13. Commentary • Starts Frederic’s disenchantment of war • Foreshadows Catherine’s death

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