... not to fight back, even if they were attacked. He commanded, "Whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also" (Matthew 5:39). In contrast, Santiago regards violent struggle as inevitable in man's battle against natural forces. "Christ, I did not know he was so big," says Santiago ... , they send their son out with another fisherman. This recalls when Jesus went into the wilderness, where He fasted 40 days and 40 nights (Matthew 4:2) and endured the Devil's temptations. Manolin's catch of three fish his first day out with the other fisherman suggests the Trinity ...

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... car, where the lion cannot even see what is attacking him, is not only illegal but is a cowardly way to assassinate one of the finest of all game animals"(Kobler 39). This incident was an example to Macomber's ignorance to the code of big game hunting. The code is what Wilson himself choose as a way of life. He makes some exceptions ... and journalism. If the fictional Wilson might lose his license, so might have the real hunter-guide if Hemingway had told in "all" in factual rather than fictional prose" (Kobler 39). Another scene that could be associated with Hemingway's own personal e...

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... the makers, indeed, of a New American fiction."" (Robert Penn Warren p 35). It is important to note that his style would not only reflect the times and phases that he went through, but he would have been influenced by and learned from his literary forbears. "Mark Twain, Flaubert, Stendhal, Bach, Turgeniev, Tolstoi, Dostoevsky, Chekhov, Andrew Marvell, John Donne, Maupassant, ... Instead, he uses direct and short sentences. The dialogue is brief and the characters rarely speak more than a sentence or two at a time. This minimalist style expresses much through implication and suggestion. Mu...

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... smart enough to have Sandel smash his knuckles on his head, therefore causing his hand to be in extreme pain. Both Santiago and Tom King go through a world of pain, yet they endure and use their wisdom to overcome their battles. There are times when both feel as if the ... with Manolin and start fishing once again. Nevertheless he was put through the maximum amount of pain, but yet did not crumble. Tom King however went through more physical pain than Santiago. Tom King went through a solid fight with Youth, however fate played its role and King lost. King put every ounce of sweat he had...

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... doing, which is an unusual cruel process as Dr. Adams makes no use of an anaesthetic (""No. I haven′t any anaesthetic", his father said" (IC 39)) and operates only with a jack-knife (""Doing a Caesarian with a jack-knife and sewing it up with nine-foot, tapered gut leaders"" (IC 41)). As ... to force his son to this experience (""I′m terribly sorry I brought you along, Nickie,", said his father [...]. "It was an awful mess to put you through."" (IC 41)). This, as well as the experience of the "father as fallible man" (DeFalco 30), which manifests itself in the Dr. Adam′s ... Howe...

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... reader can contemplate the severity of Jake's emotions towards Brett, the characters he interacts with do not realize the pain he is going through because he internalizes his feelings. Jake never cries in public view and he does not feel that it is possible to express his emotions ... all of a sudden I started to cry. Then after a while it was better and I lay in bed- (Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises, 39). Even in the company of only himself, Jake feels the need for justifying his reasons for crying and feels as if he is overreacting. Another stereotype ... his power to be superior over w...

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... a ten-round boxing match. Both required a high level of strength and endurance. Hemingway believed that killing a lion or boating a marlin required a man to "pass through a primitive rite of initiation- (Donaldson 78). The process, however painful or frightening, was necessary in order for boys to become men (Donaldson, 1977). Hemingway also ... when he is describing the people at the Luarca. "For Paco . . . the only ones who really existed were the bull fighters- (Hemingway 39). This comment has a double meaning. In one sense, Paco is not concerned with any of the customers in the restau...

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... 't understand why it would be happy until the end. Hunting was a challenge for Macomber because he is not very macho. He is a small, rich, Englishman; he isn't a big, buff manly king of guy who is what Margot wanted, and maybe Macomber wanted as well. In the introduction to the story Margot asks the waiter for a gimlet but in a way implies that ... ...

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... to be like other ordinary men in the town. In Ernest Hemingway's "Soldier's Home", Harold Krebs is traumatized by his return and in exchange, he is transformed completely through patterns of emotional feelings. The protagonist, Harold Krebs was a normal teenager until he was drafted into the army. After the war ended, he did not want to return to his ... ...

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... grain and trees along the banks of Ebro. Far away beyond the river, were mountains. The shadow of a cloud moved across the field of grain and she saw the river through the trees" (Hemmingway 31). In this case Hemmingway uses each side of the setting to represent each side of the abortion argument. The dry barren land represents if Jig ... ...

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... leaves and walks in the rain back to his room. Frederic has lost his love and he cannot bring himself to say goodbye to Catherine, even after death. Hemingway moved through the plot elements of this story using different themes that blended the story well suggesting that war, love and loss is only temporary. The recurring theme throughout this story is ... ...

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... life. Faith doesn't mean believing in God. It can be a belief that people need to be confident in life. Life can be a test that you need to learn to live through and appreciate challenges. I have faced a complex problem when I was younger and it seemed to be impossible to solve. It was the middle of the year I was in trouble for not ... ...

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... dearly. All her relationships occur in a period of months, as Brett either accepts or rejects certain values or traits of each man (she usually rejects him completely, though, after she's through with him). Brett, as a dynamic and self-controlled woman, and her four love interests help demonstrate Hemingway's standard definition of a man and/or masculinity. Each man Brett has a relationship within ... ...

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... -Saxon, as opposed to the Latin origin. His sentence structure consists of simple sentences with no metaphors and similes. Hemmingway also is very repetitive about the events that take place through out this selection. In this short story, Hemmingway is far from being complex. His story it straight to the point. The three characters do not even have names, yet the ... ...

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... his battle with the marlin, his palm became cut and started bleeding (Hemingway 56). When the two sharks came, Santiago made an involuntary noise as though "feeling the nail go through his hands and into the wood" (Hemingway 107). Both of these examples of crucifixion imagery relate to Christ having his hands nailed to the cross. At the conclusion of the ... ...

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... with Brett, and it ate him up with envy, but at the same time he knew how it had ended. He had been close friends with Robert, and had been through a similar situation with Brett, so he had both compassion and understanding for Robertposition. The only problem was the way Robert choose to deal with his feelings. Robert also could not ... ...

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... Bambara uses suggests the type of environment the children live in. Bambara does not tell the reader directly which kind of neighborhood they live in but you can envision it through the language. The students" language, especially Sylvia's, portrayed that of lower class individuals. Therefore, the language itself is a symbol of social class. Mainly suggest they are inner city African-Americans ... ...

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... the characters feel. A narrator who knows everything about all the characters is all knowing, or omniscient. In a good short story, we tend not to beaware of these elements of fiction. Through this analytical paper I intend on showing how masters of the art of short story telling such as Ernest Hemingway, Steven Crane, and William Faulkner all utilized the elements of fiction ... ...

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... him to death, hang him and then place his dead body on public display for the rest of the town to see. All of these pieces of literature are related through irony and character personality. Each character had a change in their thinking, personality and their way of life. They each also had irony in their lives. These are the only similarities ... ...

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... is responsible for teaching his son about the way of life. An example occurs when the father talks to his son about pregnant women. He states, "What she is going through is called labor. The baby wants to be born and she wants it to be born. All her muscles are trying to get the baby born. That is what is ... ...

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... her to just to please stop talking. He takes their bags to where they are going to board the train. The thought of them going to the operation is going through his head. He comes back to the bar has a drink and notices everyone is waiting reasonably for the train from Barcelona to Madrid. He walks back to her and asks ... ...

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... and destruction upon himself and others. But in doing this, Santiago has found all of his greatest strengths. He expresses Hemmingway's view of the tragic irony of man's fate. Only through individualism and pride which drive us past our limits, do we develop the knowledge which teaches us the sin of individualism and pride. This brings us to understand ourselves and ... ...

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... afterward, she danced badly, and left her for an Armenian slut that swung her belly against him so it almost scalded. He took her away from a British gunner" (13). Even through Harry can get any women he chooses, he also craves other men's property. "Harry's thoughts are not merely of personal loss, but are also the and losses he has witnessed ... ...

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... the complex word usage in "Barn Burning- mean many things and nothing at times, this affects the reader's attitude toward the story as a whole. Images are visuals a writer gives a reader through figurative devices such as similes and metaphors. Images are used by a writer to draw attention to certain characteristics that may be interrelated with the theme of the story. The use ... ...

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... retrieve the cat, it is gone. However a short while later the cat is delivered to her room by the hotelkeeper. Hemingway helps the reader to appreciate "Cat in the Rain" through his use of setting, writing style, and character. Ernest Hemingway uses the setting in the short story "Cat in the Rain" to set a unique feeling. In the story "it was ... ...

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