One of the most fundamental questions that philosophical minds ponder is the extent to the purpose of human beings. ... To clarify, Aristotle's usage of the word soul does not imply anything religious in nature, as the word conjures thoughts of religion and implications of the afterlife, but of one's developing subconscious with the precursor of cognizant choice. ...
The short story, "Hills Like White Elephants" by Ernest Hemingway, and the novella, "The Metamorphosis" by Franz Kafka, both contain covert alternate meanings that emanate from the authors' literary style preferences. The alternate meanings can be considered "hidden meanings" as they do not directly convey any information that overtly states the hidden meaning. The information that does exist can be interpreted as hidden meanings by analyzing other signs and implications throughout the ambiguous literature. Ernest Hemingway uses a literary style called the &q...
