... a specific injury that deprived him of the possibility to have a sexual life. By such a way, the author denies the representative of the "Lost Generation" to be able to continue their lineage in stressing upon that people who have survived the War are lost in all senses and cannot procreate, therefore cannot have any descendants. Thus, Hemingway indicates that the "Lost ... ...

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... is a quality that was recognized by a supremely talented wordsmith and the preeminent practitioner of English writing, William Shakespeare. In Act II, Scene II of Hamlet, while delivering a report to the king and queen, Polonius delivers the following: "This business is well ended. My liege, and madam, to expostulate What majesty should be, what duty is, Why day is day, night night ... 's experience with the Kansas City Star and other newspapers, states unequivocally that "the Star's style sheet stressed brevity and compression."(Fishkin 137) Hemingway's induction into the world of writi...

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... and emotional turmoil from which Jake and his companions are already suffering. While Hemingway never actually states that Jake and his friends' lives are aimless, the concept is alluded to through his illustration of their psychological conditions, which contrast with their surface activities, which fail to bring happiness or fulfillment. At best, their partying distracts them from their emotional condition or ... ...

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... a powerful figure to look up to---in Nick's case that powerful entity lies within his father. Though Hemingway could easily have had Nick find out about Prudence and Frank Washburn through one of his childhood friends, he did not, in order to create a stronger feeling of father and son. This goes to show how big of an influence a father had on ... ...

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... of being responsibility-free appeals to The American, as he will do or say almost anything to convince the girl to get the operation. Through a series of events, Jig contemplates the pros and cons of both sides and appears to be unwilling in her decision to have the abortion ... Initially, he entirely avoids discussion of the conflict at hand, but later goes on to oversimplify the operation and persistently pushes Jig to go through with it; patronizing her and failing to provide the kind of support and understanding she needs. Displaying this side of the man expresses the ... changes her ...

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... ambiguous so that their audiences would be able to argue different meanings depending on what they considered to be most important (Straus 652; Sokel 204). Both Kafka and Hemingway exhibit, through their styles of writing, ambiguous meanings, implied motifs, and similar hidden themes. Hemingway's short story, "Hills Like White Elephants," is a narrative "in which little actually 'happens ... reveal that he is attempting to keep the fact that they are together a secret, supporting the taboo of an affair with a younger girl. The man speaks to the bartender woman through a bead curtai...

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... film-making, along with the diversified intertextual references inserted to make his artistic pieces indelibly associated to wider cultural contexts. Paris as a living and evolving being, exhibits its modernist views through the rapidly changing history of its life. Expounding from the collision of ideas derived from Romanticism, and an endeavour to explain knowledge that was yet unknown, came the beginning wave ... and after, when he meets his heroes, the generalised opinion that has surfaced today, is taken back with him. For example, the situation of F Scott Fitzgerald and his wife Z...

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... setting, and the indecisiveness between the couple to tell his story. First published in 1927, the short-story elaborates on how the couple is traveling through the European country of Spain; Jig unexpectedly finds out she is pregnant and is plagued with the decision to have an abortion. In the title, Hemingway ... object because he feels that it will only have a negative effect on his life rather than a positive. He knows that if Jig were to go through with pregnancy he would no longer be able to travel and drink, as they would before the pregnancy. He expresses to Jig that having the ...

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... them to write what they do. While the content and structure vary, the overlying concept of modernism is always present in these writers' stories. Each one masterfully exposes their persona through their writing. Reading was and still is a dominant pastime for civilizations world wide and is constantly evolving in correlation to the occurrences of society of it's time. Fiction being the ... other forms of the arts; modern writers strived to outvie the romantic perspective from literature by conquering fictional literature with modern influence. Some of the ways this was accomplished was ...

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... to depend on men for money, sexual fulfillment, and temporary happiness. Brett's misery provides the reader with a source of uneasiness and discomfort, for such emotions are obliquely but powerfully conveyed through her self-medication with alcohol and casual fornication. The readers' recognition that they have been deceived by Hemingway's obscure writing style elicits feelings of confusion as well as distress. Readers ... and admiration, simultaneously place the reader at a state of unease, for they aimlessly roam the streets while lacking a meaningful purpose in life. Hemingway adroit...

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... detail as a primary character. At the beginning of the story, Jig orders a large beer, and from that moment, the concept of alcoholism is woven through the plot and it's effects are revealed in the lives of Hemingway's characters. Hemingway's characters believe that drinking alcohol will help them work ... through, or avoid, difficulties in their lives. For a while they are talking about drinks, and at one point the girl says "That's all we do ... were before. She questions herself, but she knows that things will not be the same, because they both have learned stuff about each other as...

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... about an issue much deeper than abortion itself he is in fact using this relationship to represent the men's exploitation of women in American society. His point is made clear through the way he withholds extemporaneous information, his portrayal of the characters, and his use of symbols. When reading a story it is important to decide what issues the author is discussing ... could possibly bring the couple into a more meaningful relationship. However, "the American" sees the baby as simply a nuisance to the relationship and an elephant in the path of his life. Through this Hemingway wan...

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... brief, verisimilitude); and third, skillful use of repetition and a kind of verbal counterpoint, which operate either by pairing or juxtaposing opposites, or else by running the same word or phrase through a series of shifting meanings and inflections." (Grebstein) Grebstein goes deep into the many aspects of his style that I did not particularly see before and it makes me wonder about the ... belief of the abstract women character description. Fiedler also put down his style and tried to put away the description of his writing as colloquial with this comment, Fiedler wrote," through th...

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... ways to create the literary classics for which they are famous. Great Expectations illustrated the life of Phillip Pirrip, known to the reader as simply Pip, and everything he went through to gain what he desired. Frederic Henry, the protagonist in A Farewell to Arms, also changed throughout the book because of the situations in which he found himself. These transformations are ... his experiences, including Catherine's death. Even though the books ended on different notes- one with hopefulness and the other with disillusionment- each book depicted an alteration within the main characte...

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... of her identity. Therefore, Liu's statement reveals that he has a great deal of respect for Minnie as a person. This passage is important because it subtly contrasts James' insecurity, shown through James' insults toward Minnie, with Liu's strong sense of masculinity, demonstrated by his great respect for Minnie. Liu also demonstrates the masculine traits of a protector, proclaiming to Minnie, "I will ... secret- that only other aficionados understand. Instead of "passwords- or "set questions,"" an "oral spiritual examination- determines if one possesses aficion(137). In other words, one ...

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... conflicts against other men, nature, animals, and himself greatly appealed to his audiences due to his ability to portray a common man's soul through narration. Through the image of life in the tranquility of nature, seasoned with his own life experiences, Hemingway depicts the inner most struggles of man by ... Big Two-Hearted River" Hemingway creates internal conflict in the main character's situations in order to show the aspects of the struggle for success in life through experiences in nature. "Big Two-Hearted River," written in 1925, appears to be a quiet, slow paced narrative of a...

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