... of 19th century writers because his works marked a stark shift in the practice of modern writing. His writing has become such a prevailing influence in American writing that it is something a writer finds he or she has to be either consciously emulated or completely avoided. Hemingway didn't develop this writing style entirely on his own, however - it was his time spent working for a newspaper and the ... not be thought that every of Hemingway's works is sparse, objective and understated. Not every word is an ice-berg. That being said, this is the defining aspect of his writing style an...

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... during the Civil War and described his experiences in the bestseller, For Whom the Bell Tolls. His direct and deceptively simple style of writing spawned generations of imitators, but no equals. Recognition of his position in contemporary literature came in 1954 when he was ... in English, Hemingway felt sure that he could do the same using concise everyday speech. He developed and prided himself on a philosophy of writing that he termed "the iceberg principle-, which essentially explains the air of strangeness and mystery to which Cowley alludes. Hemingway states, I always ... of how t...

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... the "Iceberg Theory" to convey only the information that he feels is pertinent, and leaves the rest to the reader to determine. Franz Kafka uses a style of writing that has a similar effect, and has been compared to a literary Rorschach test, which causes the reader to determine "hidden" meanings in his works, depending on what they wish ... . Both Kafka's and Hemingway's literary works are intentionally ambiguous. In "Hills Like White Elephants" the clearly intentional ambiguity derives from Hemingway's use of the iceberg principle and vague writing style. Kafka's novella, "The Metamor...

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... adequately exemplify motifs of modernism. While Joyce, Crane, James, Hemingway, Flaubert, and Kafka all master the incorporation of modernist ideals in their writing, each writer individually has a unique style. Evidently any writers personal lifestyle and experiences influence who they are, therefore influencing what drives them to write what they do. While the content and structure vary, the ... overlying concept of modernism is always present in these writers' stories. Each one masterfully exposes their persona through their writing. Reading was and still is a dominant ... life proc...

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For Ernest Hemingway, writing was a ritual which confronted human inadequacy. Rituals, according to Hemingway, are physical, male activities involving artistry, sport, or spirituality. The greatest ritual of all was the confrontation between man and ... bullfighting becomes clear early on in the story when he is describing the people at the Luarca. "For Paco . . . the only ones who really existed were the bull fighters- (Hemingway 39). This comment has a double meaning. In one sense, Paco is not concerned with any of the customers in the restaurant except the bullfighters because he has such...

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... man who by force of some extraordinary quality sets the standards for those around him. Hemingway has always kept four subjects in his mind when writing. These four subjects which have always fascinated Hemingway are fishing, hunting, bullfighting, and war, in which all have shown some type of international ... lessons, but he resents his father's weaknesses toward his mother and his conventional ideas about sex. (Waldmeir, p.66) Hemingway in his writing uses a particular hard style to tell hard stories. He depicts characters in his stories such as bloodied prize fighters, hired killers,...

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... the school's publications largely based on his own experiences. The year Hemingway graduated he quickly secured a job with the Kansas City Star. There he received a writing style sheet that instructed: "Use short sentences. Use short first paragraphs. Use vigorous English."" (Parshall 1). These were rules he never forgot to incorporate into his ... use of these methods in short stories and novels that captured the attention of critics and the public. In the 1930's, he turned to writing for causes, including democracy as he knew it in the Spanish Civil War and World War II. In each confli...

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... the Caesarian his father is doing, which is an unusual cruel process as Dr. Adams makes no use of an anaesthetic (""No. I haven′t any anaesthetic", his father said" (IC 39)) and operates only with a jack-knife (""Doing a Caesarian with a jack-knife and sewing it up with nine-foot, tapered gut leaders"" (IC 41)). As one can imagine, this operation in ... of his father′s suicide directly, but alludes to it as "a trap he had helped only a little to set" (FS 153). The aspect of "art as a therapy" (Hovey 46), the writing of a story to "get rid of it" (FS 154) is mentioned, but is delayed...

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... pursued them strictly excluded any man who seemed even a little bit queer. Above all, Hemingway is known for his "masculine" voice which, at its best, shapes an exquisitely terse prose style. Underlying his portrayals of the men he respects is the concept of masculinity responding to all potential attacks, or resisting all potential signs of weakness, by exhibiting "grace under pressure ... ...

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