shatter over their heads until finally a trench mortar(迫击炮) shell blasts open the dugout Passini's leg is blown off and he dies; both of Henry's legs are severely wounded Explanation: Frederic Henry, the protagonist, falls short of being any sort of hero because he doesn't care about what is happening When he makes love to Catherine without loving her, he mentions that "I didn't care what I was getting into"and Nobody had mentioned what the stakes were This lack of concern diminishes(使变小)him in the readers mind. With respect to the war itself, he notes, rather naively, that I knew I would not be killed. not in this war. t did not have anything to do with me. To Henry, the world is a just one, and that because he cares little about the war the war will ignore him Henry' s belief in a well-ordered universe is challenged when the dugout is blasted open and he is severely injured. In chapter 9, the reader is handed an indifferent universe on ashatter over their heads until finally a trench mortar（迫击炮） shell blasts open the dugout. Passini's leg is blown off and he dies; both of Henry's legs are severely wounded. Explanation: Frederic Henry, the protagonist, falls short of being any sort of hero because he doesn't care about what is happening. When he makes love to Catherine without loving her, he mentions that "I didn't care what I was getting into" and "Nobody had mentioned what the stakes were." This lack of concern diminishes（使变小） him in the reader's mind. With respect to the war itself, he notes, rather naively, that "I knew I would not be killed. Not in this war. It did not have anything to do with me." To Henry, the world is a just one, and that because he cares little about the war the war will ignore him. Henry's belief in a well-ordered universe is challenged when the dugout is blasted open and he is severely injured. In chapter 9, the reader is handed an indifferent universe on a