... . For most of his stories this is true, but I was surprised at how many weren't during a war. I have chosen four of Hemingway's short pieces to analyze. After reading and taking notes on common themes and literary elements for many Hemingway stories I have decided to use "The Snows of Kilimanjaro", "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber", "Soldier's Home" and "In Another ... the husband and wife. The husband tells her that he has never loved her, which is the truth. He doesn't want to hurt her so he takes back the cruel things he said, only to lie and say that he does love her. Their ...

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... that tells of an old man, Santiago waging a great battle on his tiny boat with a large fish for many days. The story his told with grace and excellence. Malcolm Cowley notes that Hemingway "uses the oldest and shortest words, the simplest constructions, but gives them a new value-as if English were a strange language that he had studied or invented for himself ... ...

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... everything, he shouldn't not place himself in the position to lose that. He should not place himself in a position to lose. He should find things he cannot lose." (Hemingway 582) Hemingway practically lived by these words that the major said to the narrator in "In Another Country". In Ernest Hemingway ... distant mountains, the woman compares the features of the plains to the couple's life. She says, "That's all we do, isn't it - look at things. . ." Constant motion and the search for new places were an important parts of Ernest's life. As an expatriate in the 1920's, Ernest enjoyed livi...

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... to lead a meaningful life. Some people, on the other hand, believe they can find true happiness by placing trust in worldly things, such as alcohol. A perfect example is the characters in many of Ernest Hemingway's writings. His characters often focus their lives on running to material ... and their aimless existence can be traced back to it- ("The Sun Also Rises Analysis-). The people of the Lost Generation tend to turn to material things such as sex and alcohol, as well as avoid responsibilities completely. In an Analysis of the Sun Also Rises, Kerrin Monahan comments that "Jake first ...

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... the shade of the station building. Everything seems normal, they order drinks a have normal conversation until the man brings up the topic of the girls operation; things quickly become uneasy. It is quite obvious that this is a sensitive subject of the young woman and becomes clear that it is not something that she is ... and be happy" (515). The uncertainty in her voice can almost be heard. The supporting character, the man, is obviously opposed to the baby. He wants things back to normal and tells her that, "We"ll be fine afterward. Just like we were before" (515). He tries to reassure...

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... the couple's, "the American- and "the girl's-, usual routine activity they do together. This bothers the girl because "that's all [they] do look at things and try new drinks."" This shows that the girl is tired of doing the same thing and wants to do something different, like having a baby and a ... She is ignorant to her final decision of having an abortion, because she is so young and is still in the prime of her life, experiencing new things everyday. Hemingway uses her to show a young pregnant girl trying to decide if having the baby will ruin her youthfulness, ruin her relationship,...

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... her morals hand abort the child. The main difference between the two male characters are that even though they don't want to keep the child, Lane Dean tries to see things from Sheri's point of view and understand her struggles, while at the same time the American completely disregards Jig unspoken wishes and the idea of keeping the baby. The difference ... believes she has had with the American before she became pregnant." At this point in the story Hemingway states, "And if I do it you'll be happy and things will be like they were and you'll love me?" (517). This shows us that in order...

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... . Furthermore, we see in "Hills Like White Elephants" as the couple talks about the issue the girl then asks, "And if I do you'll be happy and things will be like they were and you'll love?" (Hemingway. P.131). Here the girl expresses how she truly feels about not having the abortion, she feels that he will ... love they desire to have. In "Hills Like White Elephants" this point is proven when the girl says, "And if I do it you'll be happy and things will be like they were and you'll love me?" (Hemingway. Pg. 131). She uses "you," referring the man. That if she does get the abortion he ....

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... story is used to represent the couple's usual activity that they do together. Their recreational activity bothers the girl because she says, "That's all we do, isn't it-look at things and try new drinks?" (Hemingway 1956). This gives the reader some suspicion that the girl has grown tired of doing the same ... things over and over again and would like to do something different, like getting married and starting a family. She wants to stop behaving like an adolescent girl and become a woman. These ... wanted, but hard to be terminated. They are symbolic of the baby and the struggle bet...

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... not wanted to fall in love with any one. But God knows I had and I lay on the bed in the room of the hospital in Milan and all sorts of things went through my head but I felt wonderful" (Pg 93) Here he was still interested in what was going on in the war and kept up on new breakthroughs by reading ... heart took over the thinking. This life was too good to be true and sure enough he was sent back to the frontline. It was one of the most difficult things he had ever had to do, leaving Catherine behind. He knew one thing for certain he would do whatever it took to get back to Milan, or wh...

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... having nothing, a contrast that is mirrored in the individual settings of each story. In "A Clean Well-Lighted Place" the young waiter thinks that to have everything means to have material things. "This young waiter is too confident, too self-sufficient in his own ignorance, and too rushed to see exactly what is going on. Whereas, the older waiter thinks that material ... things aren't everything. He believes in compassion, sympathy, dignity, and politeness." (Stanton page 138) William Bache assumed that both the older waiter and the old man express a "nihilistic way of life" ... ...

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... transferred to the slow life of a mid-western town. The author suggests that Krebs lead the interesting life of a soldier on deployment. Girls and foreign countries were only a couple of things that made life more interesting while at war. Hemmingway's tone in "Soldier's Home" is melancholy and depressing. He shows the struggle Krebs has returning from war and adjusting from seeing ... experiencing excitement and seeing violence and terror to an everyday home life. Hemmingway's tone suggests that the character does not want to interact with life anymore, but wants things to just be simp...

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... knowledge and his conscience. It would be impossible for me to ask the Ambassador of my country to read a speech in which a writer said all of the things, which are in his heart. Things may not be immediately discernible in what a man writes, and in this sometimes he is fortunate; but eventually they are quite clear and by these and the degree ... ...

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... striking similarities. These, plus Hemingway's many Christian images and terse, almost Biblical writing style, invite comparisons. Like Jesus of Nazareth, Santiago teaches his knowledge to others, displays deep faith in things greater than himself, and consciously endures suffering. Teaching "The old man taught the boy to fish and the boy loved him," writes Hemingway (The Old Man and the Sea, page ... way several of Jesus" statements in the New Testament foreshadow Christ's betrayal and crucifixion. According to Matthew, Mark and Luke, after the Last Supper, Jesus prayed in agony, knowi...

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... be the bronze."" (pg.63) As a reward for Frederic being injured in the war Ranildi bring up the fact that the Italian Army gives out medals for these types of things. Ranildi takes this bad experience of being injured in a pointless war and turns this into a rewarding one for Frederic. This makes Frederic feel better and not that he was injured ... Switzerland let's have a big breakfast. They have wonderful rolls and butter and jam in Switzerland."" (pg. 276) Playing the role of the optimistic lover in Frederic's life Catherine always sees things as wonderful and buoyant. She tries her ...

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... the post World War I generation the "Lost Generation" (The Sun Also Rises??). He writes, "The World War seemed to destroy for many the idea that if you acted properly good things would happen. But so many good young men went to war and died, or returned damaged, both physically and mentally. Their faith in the moral guideposts that had given them ... Center 4). An overview of The Sun Also Rises describes Barnes as having "a calculated view of the events in the story and is sure to relate, minutia, such as how much things cost, who owes whom, how to bait the hook, and what is in the pack...

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... makes him leave when he wants more to drink, he simply pays his bill and goes on his way. To contrast the young waiter, this man is patient and takes things in stride. Perhaps the most important character in the story is the older waiter who works at the café. He is the middle ground between the old man and ... story, such as his feeling that time is the same for everyone and overall understanding of "nada."" His statement about the importance of money simply contradicts most of the good things we think about him as a character. Despite the briefness of this story, there are several as...

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... in 1918, when he was in Italy and fell in love with a nurse that was taking care of him, Agnes Von Kurowsky. Later the next year she wrote telling him things would not workout and he was heartbroken. Not to long later however he fell in love with Hadley Richardson and married her in September of 1921. Hadley became pregnant in ... Mary Welsh and began to fall in love with her and married her in 1946. However very quickly after that marriage Ernest fell in unrequited love with Adriana Ivancich. However things did not last because she was only 19 years old. Depression ran in the Hemingway...

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... Gil holds almost in reverence, as a insignificant and worthless pastime and preoccupation. Inez is more interested in the now and present, and doesn't see the countless precious history behind the things she takes for granted such as writing, philosophy and the meaning behind art. Paris as a memory concerning modernism and nostalgia are two movements which - if they lived together, would be ... ...

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... or her. These expatriates that Hemingway illustrates are essential stuffed animals, for they are gutted of fervent beliefs, desires, and emotions; they compensate by filling themselves with frivolous and petty things such as alcohol and gossip. Their lack of a purpose in life is highlighted by Bill Gorton, who tells Jake Barnes that expatriates "lost touch with the soil...drink [them]selves ... ...

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... romanticism during the war. Presumably, the scenes he had encountered in World War I, such as at the battle of Belleau Wood, Soissons, and in the Argonne (121-122) and the things he had done during those battles traumatized him so that he loses his emotion. Another reason that keeps him build any relationship with girls is his desire to avoid consequences ... ...

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... of view, it is absolutely horrifying when her boyfriend or husband, a life companion, does not want a baby that both made together. Of course it is perfectly normal to worry about things like financial sufficiency, living place, etc., but it is terrible when a man pushes a woman "a human being who he should love the most, who should be the number one in ... ...

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... derogatory and she also says her father was a racist. Outside of the race issue Banks is careful to be very descriptive and to tell the reader the color of many things like the rowboat, this causes the reader to be more sensitive when color is mentioned and leads them to pay more attention to the difference in "color" between the couple ... ...

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... courage during the battle. Despite his great strength and abilities, Santiago is a humble man. He lives in poverty, owning a small shack with no running water; yet he never complains. When things do not go his way, he does not blame outside sources, but looks for the cause within himself. He even says that he has probably not caught a fish in eighty ... ...

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... - (Faulkner 152) to describe his fat sisters. For many readers who are not familiar with the south or the last century the complex word usage in "Barn Burning- mean many things and nothing at times, this affects the reader's attitude toward the story as a whole. Images are visuals a writer gives a reader through figurative devices such as similes and metaphors. Images are ... ...

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