How we cite our quotes: (Paragraph)
Quote #1
In 1919 he was traveling on the railroads in Italy, carrying a square of oilcloth from the headquarters of the party written in indelible pencil and saying here was a comrade who had suffered very much under the Whites in Budapest and requesting comrades to aid him in any way. (1)
The story's opening sentence identifies the main character as a communist from the start. This also draws attention to the international quality of the communist movement during this period—the comrade is from Budapest but he easily attains support from fellow comrades in Italy.
Quote #2
Horthy's men had done some bad things to him. He talked about it a little. (3)
Here we learn that the comrade has experienced some brutal violence, but as usual, Hemingway doesn't give us much in the way of details. We know just enough to imagine what he must have suffered—and that he did so for his beliefs.