Finding and Belonging: Edward Everett Hale's Short Story, 'The Man Without a Country'Belonging to a country instills for us a sense of identity, and it is a terrible thing to lose, as Phillip Nolan found out.
In his short story, "The Man Without a Country," Edward Everett Hale follows Nolan, a lieutenant in the United States Army, who loses his homeland through his pride, arrogance, and inordinate ambition. Nolan becomes blinded by his overwhelming desire for "fame and separate-sovereignty [a doctrine to prosecute under both federal and state law]."
How to Lose One's Country
Nolan's actions declare "that he is sick of the service, is willing to be false to it." With plenty of evidence against him, Nolan is court-martialed and proven guilty....
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