... reading Hemingway′s short fiction as stories of initiation is supported in literary theory. There are, however, some controversies on this topic, which can be seen in the essay "What is an Initiation Story?" by Mordecai Marcus (1976), for example. The following report will deal with three selected short stories by Ernest Hemingway focussing on the protagonist Nick Adams, namely ... effect in stories of initiation Marcus suggests another classification of initiation in fictional texts "according to their power and effect" (192). He presents three types of initiation which help to analyz...

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