War was one of Hemingway's most common themes. This point is evident in some of his most famous works that helped him to gain acclaimed success: The Sun Also Rises, A Farewell to Arms, and For Whom the Bell Tolls. ... 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 packed lunch" (Literature Resource Center 5). ... "A Farewell to Arms" and "for whom the bell tolls" show that Hemingway's "stories cannot be tak...

• Word Count: 1401
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

His lifelong love for Spain including a fascination with bullfighting led to his working as a correspondent during the Spanish Civil War, which resulted in the novel For Whom the Bell Tolls 1940. ... The storyline is easy enough for a child to follow and the themes are clear and basic, showing manly courage, endurance, and noble suffering. ...

• Word Count: 1320
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

He has written several novels such as, A Farewell to Arms, For Whom the Bell Tolls, and The Old Man and the Sea. ... One of the main themes of The Sun Also Rises is impotence. ... Other themes found under the umbrella of impotence are: lack of family, rootlessness, nihilism, and alienation, being from somewhere else and being cut off from the past. ... The material objects that Hemingway uses to convey the theme are beer, the good and bad hillsides, and a railroad station between two tracks. ...

• Word Count: 2109
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

This film, while meant for the entertainment of children, carries many adult themes that Henson and his co-creators George Lucas and David Bowie, carefully veiled in myth, humor, and fantasy. ... A bell begins to toll and Sarah hurriedly rushes home, caught in a rainstorm on the way there. ... "Labyrinth" was released to theaters in the year 1986; remembered by many as a childhood classic, most of whom were born in the 1980s and early 1990s. ... In addition to the puppets, the set adds to the fantasy theme as well. ... This theme is further explored as soon as Jareth, the Goblin King, transpor...

• Word Count: 2010
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate