... uncle is back home to get money for the train and to be able to get the girl something, but he is ver disappointed when his uncle returns late that night. When he finally arrives to the bazaar he is so angered that he got there too late not being able to get the girl something, and the story ends as ... the story when he arrives at the bazaar as it is closing down and he describes, "Gazing up into the darkness I saw myself as a creature driven and derided by vanity; and my eyes burned with anguish and anger" (Joyce, Pg. 362). He is really expressing how he feels so alone, defeated, and ...

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... car, where the lion cannot even see what is attacking him, is not only illegal but is a cowardly way to assassinate one of the finest of all game animals"(Kobler 39). This incident was an example to Macomber's ignorance to the code of big game hunting. The code is what Wilson himself choose as a way of life. He makes some exceptions ... and journalism. If the fictional Wilson might lose his license, so might have the real hunter-guide if Hemingway had told in "all" in factual rather than fictional prose" (Kobler 39). Another scene that could be associated with Hemingway's own personal e...

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... days to bring the fish alongside his boat, where he harpoons it. Soon sharks appear, and the old man breaks his knife after he kills just a few. During the last night of Santiago's voyage home, the sharks devour all but the head of the great fish. Throughout his epic struggle, Santiago fights with dignity, courage and stoicism. Although Hemingway himself said ... . Christ instructed his listeners not to fight back, even if they were attacked. He commanded, "Whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also" (Matthew 5:39). In contrast, Santiago regards violent str...

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... and similarly his style "the motive behind Hemingway's heroic figures is not glory, or fortune, or the righting of injustice, or the thirst for experience. They are inspired neither by vanity nor ambition nor a desire to better the world. They have no thoughts of reaching a state of higher grace or virtue. Instead, their behavior is a reaction to the moral emptiness of ... ...

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... he insults the old man. He tries to explain to the young waiter, that having youth, confidence and a job is everything. After the two waiters depart for the night, the older waiter feels a sense of emptiness that he many times experiences. He goes to a nearby bar for little bit of coffee, but isn't fond of the ... old deaf man. The old mans deafness contributes a powerful tone to the story. "The old man liked to sit late because he was deaf and now at night it was quiet and he could feel the difference- (158). The old mans deafness excludes him from his surrounding world, it creates a sor...

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A Light for the Night Since before recorded history, the main goal of much of human existence has been the constant battle to escape the darkness that pervades the world. From simple flint and tinder ... conflict that he uses to propel the story. The old man is described as being old and deaf, and rather fond of going to the café at night because it "now at night it was quite and he felt the difference."" And while prone to being drunk the old man remains clean and dignified. Even after consuming a good deal of brandy ... é, the older waiter said. With all those who do not want to got to b...

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... random occurrences, just like rain itself. Hemingway uses rain in the scene when Henry leaves the train station to go back to war. It rains hard the entire night that Henry leaves: "Outside the mist turned to rain and in a little while it was raining hard. We heard raining on the roof- (125). The ... before Catherine and Henry are about to find out some terrible news. Before the barman enters their hotel room, Hemingway describes the weather outside as violent and stormy: "That night there was a storm. I Mirabelli 4 woke up to hear rain lashing the window-panes. It was coming through the ...

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... anything else in the world at that time. After pondering the inevitable for what seems like an eternity in the dark woods all alone, Nick fires three shots into the night sky---the signal for his father and uncle to come back in case of an emergency. The reassurance that his father is coming and that he will no longer be ... not know what to say or even how to react; nevertheless, he does his best not to allow his father to know the hurt he is feeling inside. Later that night, while in bed, Nick realizes that his heart is broken---to experience such an unbearable occurrence at such a yo...

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... .- (Hemingway 142) Also, a device Hemingway uses when a characters pauses and then speaks again in the following line make up the informal language. "He's drunk now, he said. He's drunk every night.""' (Hemingway 142) The language used in "Barn Burning- by William Faulkner includes colloquial, informal, with some interior monologue. The southern drawl creates a particular colloquial dialect. " Naw, he said. "Hit don ... 141) Hemingway's sentence structure also includes long, compound but simple sentences. "In the day the street was dusty, but at night the dew settled the dust and the old...

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... the old man's luck because, it was gone. In the town it was like a ritual that after a long day out in the sea everyone would go to the "Terrace." Every night when the old man arrived the "Terrance" the younger fishermen would make fun of him and his bad luck. Others more respectful just talked about the difficult times that on ... moment was how he can get the fish out of the water by himself .Time passed and the second day came. Santiago was tired, he held the line the whole night across his shoulders but, the fish did not seemed to be bothered by the hook . The old man did not expect...

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... back to his old game and tells her that he loves her; even though he knows he does not at the moment. Henry goes on with this game until one night when he is not allowed to see Catherine. He for the first time in his life he feels a feeling of emptiness based on a girl. It sometimes takes losing something before ... Milan, or wherever she might be, to be with her. Once he returned back at the front he was almost out of place. He no longer wanted to have one-night stands with the call girls, or be at the head of all the action. His thoughts were too enveloped in Catherine. It was not lon...

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... light to symbolize comfort and the company of others. For the old man, the cafe is a sanctuary, an escape from the demons of nothingness that hide in the darkness of night. This cafe provides artificial light from the shadows of the world, and protects him from the inevitable darkness. "Against the neatness, light, and order of the cafe stands the dark ... chaos of the night, despair, nothingness and death."(Stanton page 138) "Hills Like White Elephants" on the other hand, uses the hills to refer to the shape of the female body during pregnancy and ... ...

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... "[is] running; running wildly, in panic" (Hemmingway, 50). Margot, his wife, is appalled by her husband's dread, and makes fun of him in front of their guide Robert Wilson. That night she sleeps with Wilson, and she is confident that her husband will do nothing about it because she has done it before without his acknowledgement."The Short Happy Life of ... skinned by the gun bearers. Francis is however, determined to make up his acts of cowardice the next day when they are supposedly going to hunt buff, or buffalo. That night Francis is hunting impala with Wilson, Francis says "I'd like...

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... about the war, about all of the battles he was in. He is finally learning about the war. Krebs' mother tells him that he can take the car out at night. Krebs goes downstairs for breakfast and starts to read the paper. His mother tells him not to muss it. His sister, Helen Krebs, tells him that she will be pitching ... man leaves. Cleaning up, the old waiter dispenses a few words of wisdom to his younger colleague, telling him that he identifies with the old man's desire to stay up all night drinking, feeling the need to keep the café, a clean, well-lighted place, open for anyone who ne...

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... of the first spoken words of the story: "Last week he tried to commit suicide- (96). But even before words are spoken, Hemingway tells us that it is late at night, and he is alone and getting drunk in a café, which would make anyone feel sorry for him. The foundation for this character is laid in the first paragraph and ... wife, and the older waiter fell asleep with the rise of the sun. There is no one way to live each day, and no one way to fall asleep at night. We are all different and Ernest Hemingway knew this, whole-heartedly. ...

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... fall into this dilemma thinking that there can't be happiness solely with money and material possessions, with this in mind they understand that people seek their restaurant for comfort: "Each night I am reluctant to close up because there may be some one who needs the café."" "Hombre, there are bodegas open all ... night long."" "You do not understand. This is a clean and pleasant café. It is well lighted. The light is very good and also, now, there are shadows of the leaves."" ... ...

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... in Milan, Italy, in the middle of winter, during World War I. The events in "In Another Country", that are discussed relate to Ernest's experiences as a Red Cross ambulance driver. One night when Ernest decided to work a longer shift in the trenches, a bomb exploded right next to him. The only thing between Ernest and the bomb was a soldier. Without even thinking, Ernest ... ...

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... other soldiers. Hemingway repeatedly emphasizes this in all sections of the book. The first instance the reader sees of this is only six pages into the novel. Hemingway writes, "That night in the mess after the spaghetti course . . . the captain commenced picking on the priest". Hemingway's diction is suggestive: "commenced" signifies not only that the soldiers began to pick on the ... ...

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... Whitehead, the philosopher, and Picasso (Mothers Who Think). Alice and Gertrude were not only lovers, but a perfect pair. Gertrude was the husband, the dreamer, and stayed up late in the night writing her manuscripts. Alice, the wife, woke early to take care of all the domestic activities, especially cooking. Later in life, after Stein's death she was asked to make a cook ... ...

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... made sure that Henry was also an ambulance driver in A Farewell to Arms. The most noticeable similarity is Hemingway's war wound. While passing out chocolate and cigarettes to soldiers at night, Hemingway was hit by a mortar shell. Wounded, but not dead, Hemingway picked up an nearby casualty and began carrying him off the battlefield. He succeeded in making it to the ... ...

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... now his is old and no longer the great champion he once was. However, in Santiago's opinion, it is will, pride and endurance rather than strength that make a "champion". At night, he "dreamed of Africa when he was a boy and the long garden benches and the white beaches, so white they hurt your eyes, and the high capes and the great ... ...

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... United States has not yet entered the war. While stationed on the front, Henry meets a British nurse named Catherine Barkley, and they fall in love. Lieutenant Henry is out one night during a battle and an Austrian bombardment badly wounds his knee. He is sent to an American hospital in Milan and Catherine transfers there soon after. The two share an intimate ... ...

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... . Religion no longer had definition anymore and at first they had nowhere to turn to for support. But eventually, like in the novel, they turned to drinking and partying every night while being promiscuous. Another minor theme is how sex can be destructive. Brett, Cohn, and Jake are prime examples. Brett loves Jake but will not commit to him because of ... ...

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... of the rain. It continuously rained during the chapter when the war turned and the Italians began their retreat from Caporetto and the Germans. The rain turns to snow one night, symbolizing hope of change, but quickly turns back to rain. In this same chapter, during a discussion between ambulance drivers, Aymo says, "To-morrow maybe we drink rain water" (Hemingway 212 ... ...

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... baby is. On the other hand the girl, not an American therefore represented by the eastern culture, sees the child as good thing. Prophesied in the Buddhist text, on the night before Buddha was born, his mother dreamt of a White Elephant presenting her with a lotus which is symbol of purity and knowledge. In the eastern culture a White Elephant symbolizes fertility and ... ...

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