... to be noted that Hemingway's style is powerfully driven by these men and that "Hemingway's fondness for simple diction is tied inextricably to the character of his male protagonists"." (Wells 130) Hemingway preferred what he saw as the simple, direct speech of men. Robert Jordan is a serious, quiet, observant young man. Jake Barnes is terse, subtle and hostile. Nick Adams is ... ...

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... as a nuisance, like the practice of giving gifts that no one wants, is referred to "white elephant gifts" or the phrase "elephant in the room" that represents an obstacle. (Bauer, 130) Hemingway is using a combination of all of these meanings. The white elephant represents the unborn child and is seen differently by both parents. Jig sees the child as both a nuisance ... ...

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... . Born on July 21, 1899, Ernest Hemingway grasped his love of literature from his mother's influence of music composition and his father's teachings of outdoor life and survival (Hemingway-DLB 130-31). In his narrations Hemingway almost always entailed elements of conflict between either man and nature or man and himself. Most of Hemmingway's literature also includes an unignorable element of ... ...

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