... define and categorize stories of initiation regarding typical elements will be shortly presented. 2.2.1 Views on the characteristics of stories of initiation As mentioned in chapter 2.1, `initiation′ in literature focuses on different aspects of the passage from childhood or adolescence to adulthood than the anthropologic term denoting mainly ... 8242;s pretty easy, Nick. It all depends."" (IC 42)). This conversation leads to the conclusion that Nick "felt quite sure that he would never die." (IC 42). Despite the limitation which is made in the first part of the sentence ("In the early...

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... Hemingway leaves nothing to the reader's imagination in his classic novel A Farewell to Arms. The first chapter is written so well that "it deserves to be read again, and perhaps again, for among other things it illustrates the genesis and unity of the novel, showing how it's ending was in its beginning" (Oldsey 183). This famous excerpt reveals many important details about ... sun has gone" (Hemingway 61). The blood is replaced with drops from an icicle, and once again, no pain is mentioned. Rain seems to take over and replace emotion. Characters die without any mention of pain. With t...

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... I know where there's black squirrels." "All right," said his father. "Let's go there." These last lines from the chapter, "The Doctor and the Doctor's wife" from, In Our Time, show how Hemingway's struggling relationship with both parents was a struggle for him to choose between his mother with music, or his father with fishing ... "I died then". It almost appears as if Hemingway wrote about characters that in some way or another deal with death because Hemingway himself wanted to die. (Baldwin, p.657) After the war in Europe was over Hemingway returned to Key West, Florida. There he wro...

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... The code hero, then, offers up and exemplifies certain principles of honor, courage, and endurance which in a life of tension and pain make a man, as we say, and enable him to conduct himself well in the losing battle that is life. The Hemingway hero of "The Snows of Kilimanjaro- is Harry. Harry is ... and let his wife cheat on him, without confronting her. The Italian soldiers in "In Another Country- are the heroes because they were not afraid to die. The three boys went to war and returned back to Milan with medals for their bravery for facing death. Santiago from "The Old Man and the...

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