... focusing on the result of the initiatory experience. This includes the loss of original innocence concerning the protagonist1 and is often compared to the biblical Fall of Men (Freese 97). Furthermore, this approach generally stresses the aspect of duality in the initiation process, which is the aspect of loss ... (or parents in general) is an important step towards maturity, even if it includes the lack of a further guiding figure: "For a young boy the approach to the realities of existence is of tremendous consequence, and the destruction of the infantile father-image is an ultimate ne...

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... and fishing was one of his favorite activities. Another episode in 1940 may have also served as a source for the novel. Hemingway witnessed a man and a boy in a small boat being dragged by a fish that the man had hooked. When Hemingway approached to try to help, the man had screamed at him to ... his own boat close enough to throw some provisions into the boat of the embattled fisherman and boy. Beginning with the illustrative story and perhaps this experience, Hemingway added deeper elements from the environment to flesh out Santiago's character and develop the action of the story. THE...

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... can look any further at Hemingway's works to find which type of masculinity really is superior, we must look at Hemingway's personal life to find out where his views on the subject actually came from. It is clear that Hemingway glorifies the violence and strength of the code hero, but at ... second less honorable hero is consistently the focal point of other works making us question who Hemingway really supports. The life of Hemingway begins with a little boy who was dressed in girl's clothing by his mother during his early years, a point he would later avoid when mythologizing his youth...

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... possibility that he might be mauled. Fishing, however, was not so much a test of courage but of endurance. There were still dangers involved when fishing far out at sea. Hemingway compared fighting a big, unrelenting fish to a ten-round boxing match. Both required a high level of strength and endurance. Hemingway believed ... revolutionary ideas, even though the waiter felt bulls were a curse and a source of corruption in Spain. The bulls, he felt, should be taken out one at a time until they were all dead. Paco admits he does not fully understand him, but he blindly admires him anyway. ...

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... would be obvious."" Hemingway 1958 (Plimpton p 108) "There isn't any symbolism. The sea is the sea. The old man is an old man. The boy is a boy and the fish is a fish. The shark are all sharks no better and no worse. All the symbolism that people say is shit. What goes beyond ... of American novelists like Henry James and, even earlier, Herman Melville, to whom Hemingway was inevitably compared as a writer of "fisherman stories,"" Hemingway stood out rather shockingly. Whereas those novelists fashioned complex sentences to capture some of the most complex observations ever transcribed in...

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... that he had much bad luck, and was not all of it his own. Many thought that Hemingway's next theme would actually be fear. Through out Hemingway's childhood he remained unhappy. He was only compatible on the surface between his parents. His mother nudged him toward music, preferably church music. His ... the chunks as bait to catch more trout. He is living in a savage world of sacrificed animals. These are the years of apprenticeship for a boy who wants to be strong yet has weaknesses, which is specifically an equivocal attitude toward his father. Nick who is a portrayal of Hemingway is ...

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... with brandy. Nothingness is a feeling that man, no matter what his beliefs, is faced with from time to time. However a man of religious faith can fall back on the belief that his life is in the hands of his creator. It is comforting to know that there is a higher power that has a ... old - represent a part of the Gentleman. The young waiter represents the Gentleman in his youth by having confidence and inexperience. The old waiter is just coming out of middle age and even though the old waiter is poor he still understands that the money doesn't matter. Also, the Gentleman can relate to t...

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... scientific fantasy. This can be interpreted as him projecting his opinions on society and the morbid truth about discrimination people face even when something they "are" is completely out of their control. His protagonist Gregor, that turns into a repulsive insect in the midst of his life lives an extremely depressing life. Kafka's method and completely bizarre storyline is in ... born modernist writer is an extremely sufficient example of exploiting the morbidity in the reality of life. Contrary to all of the other writers mentioned, Joyce's stories don't necessarily stand out in term...

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... author. This is particularly the case in Hemingway's short story because of his creation of the literary style called, "The Iceberg Theory". Iceberg theory is a technique which leaves out "vital data of the story underneath the belief that oversight can occasionally add strong point to a story" (Darzikola 8). Hemingway has stated that "the main point of the ... Ottilie, who may represent Grete in the novella, and the support which she showed Kafka may suggest why Kafka would portray Grete's positive metamorphosis as contrasting Gregor's in the novella, out of respect for his own sister,...

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... 176). In addition, Mike cannot contemplate the complexities of Brett and her relationships: " Brett's got a bull-fighter. She had a Jew named Cohn, but he turned out badly. Brett's got a bull-fighter. A beautiful, bloody bull-fighter'" (Hemingway 206). Despite Brett's brief affair with the bullfighter, she will eventually return to Mike ... : " The bull-fighter fellow was rather good. He didn't say much, but he kept getting up and getting knocked down again. Cohn couldn't knock him out'" (Hemingway 202). Eventually, Cohn gives up on this pursuit, is knocked twice by Pedro, and loses his ...

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... , Ch. 16). In addition, Mike cannot contemplate the complexities of Brett and her relationships: ""Brett's got a bull-fighter. She had a Jew named Cohn, but he turned out badly. Brett's got a bull-fighter. A beautiful, bloody bull-fighter"" (206, Ch. 18). Despite Brett's brief affair with the bullfighter, she will eventually return to Mike ... to Mike: ""The bull-fighter fellow was rather good. He didn't say much, but he kept getting up and getting knocked down again. Cohn couldn't knock him out"" (202, Ch. 17). Eventually, Cohn gives up on this pursuit, is knocked twice by Pedro, and los...

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... , Ch. 16). In addition, Mike cannot contemplate the complexities of Brett and her relationships: ""Brett's got a bull-fighter. She had a Jew named Cohn, but he turned out badly. Brett's got a bull-fighter. A beautiful, bloody bull-fighter"" (206, Ch. 18). Despite Brett's brief affair with the bullfighter, she will eventually return to Mike ... to Mike: ""The bull-fighter fellow was rather good. He didn't say much, but he kept getting up and getting knocked down again. Cohn couldn't knock him out"" (202, Ch. 17). Eventually, Cohn gives up on this pursuit, is knocked twice by Pedro, and los...

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... style that left such an indelible impact on the world of literature. As explored in an essay by Zoe Trodd, Hemingway's propensity for brevity was developed out of a sense that war had 'used up his words'. This was reinforced when a snippet of a retyped Henry James quote was found among the ... Tolls maintains the precision and intensity of Hemingway's prose while breaking with his adherence to simplicity and understatement: "The man who was being pushed out by Pablo and Cuatro Dedos was Don Anastasio Rivas, who was an undoubted fascist and the fattest man in the town. He was a ... done ...

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