How would you interpret this sentence? How would you interpret this sentence ‘My legs are full of old iron too’? Why did the he say the word ‘too’? Someone said the speaker was comparing himself with Jesus who has been crucified on the cross. What do you think? Thanks. It’s from A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway (Chapter 13). the context: The nurse put a thermometer in my mouth. "The Italians put it under the arm," I said. "Don't talk." When she took the thermometer out she read it and then shook it. "What's the temperature?" "You're not supposed to know that." "Tell me what it is." "It's almost normal." "I never have any fever. My legs are full of old iron too." "What do you mean?" "They're full of trench-mortar fragments, old screws and bedsprings and things." She shook her head and smiled. "If you had any foreign bodies in your legs they would set up an inflammation and you'd have fever." "All right," I said. "We'll see what comes out."