"One of the most frequently observed weaknesses in his work is its depiction of women. It has been observed, for example, that the central male characters of his novels tend to be about his own age at the time of writing, while their female counterp Continue Reading...
Ernest Hemingway The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber Ernest Hemingway -- the Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber (Hemingway 5-28) and Ernest Hemingway's biography (Hulse) illustrate several key aspect Continue Reading...
Ernest Hemingway The author Ernest Hemingway specialized in what is known as naturalistic writing. He tells the reader only the basic information about what is going on in a particular short story or novel. Much is told about the natural settings of Continue Reading...
Ernest Hemingway is considered by some as the greatest writer in American History, by those who do not consider him so, he is still considered one of the greatest American writers. While many have written articles and entire books on the subject of H Continue Reading...
Hills tells the story of a young American man and his pregnant lover waiting for the train that will take them to an abortionist. In addition to the directness of speech characteristic of Hemingway's writing, Hills explores several themes characteri Continue Reading...
The conflict is real and it is too big for him to tackle on his own, so he shuts down and checks out emotionally. Another story that deals with inner conflict is "Now I Lay Me." This story is completely internal and it becomes the narrator's way to Continue Reading...
Ernest Hemingway's "The Sun Also Rises'" and World War I Initially printed in 1926, The Sun Also Rises turned out to Ernest Hemingway's first huge success. Not more than ten years after the end of World War I, the novel found a way to define what hi Continue Reading...
Of course, she must also face the psychological damage that an abortion would have on her. However, she knows that if she does not have the abortion, the life she has enjoyed with her boyfriend will be destroyed and he will probably leave her. While Continue Reading...
The same issue of the paper also mentioned the executive secretary of the North American Committee to Aid Spanish Democracy, Rev. Herman F. Reissing's words: "Sooner or later we must decide whether we favour democracy or fascism. The only way to pe Continue Reading...
Ernest Hemingway & T.S. Eliot Modernism in Literature: Comparative Analysis of the works of Ernest Hemingway and T.S. Eliot As the world entered the 20th century, world literature have become influenced with the emerging ideology of modernism, Continue Reading...
As a result, it is a "farewell to arms" that turns out badly. The farewell and the consequences were based on an unfortunate decision. Johnson (1940, p. 89) adds that Frederick is not only saying farewell to arms of the war, but to all of society. Continue Reading...
Writing became a form of therapy for him. After the war, Hemingway found it difficult to establish himself. While his parents wanted him to get a job, he wrote. Hemingway discovered his style, which would eventually be known as his trademark. He use Continue Reading...
Hemingway and Women Is Ernest Hemingway a misogynist, a woman hater? Whenever one discusses Hemingway, his personal life, his literary works, this question inevitable pops up in the conversation. While it's a fascinating question, one that's fun to Continue Reading...
Thus, they felt alienated, or lost, from society. A similar theme of alienation from society is found in the Andre Dubus short story entitled the Fat Girl. This story's alienation from society comes from being fat. In a world where skinny is everyw Continue Reading...
Either way, what they shared is gone. The interesting thing about this story is the boyfriend's inability to see things from Jig's point-of-view. He does not have to deal with the emotional aspect of abortion, so he can say things like, "It's not re Continue Reading...
Ernest Hemingway's - Hills Like White Elephants, write essay supports Final Act It is quite possible that Ernest Hemingway was being deliberately deceptive when he wrote "Hills Like White Elephants," which first appeared in 1927 in the collection Continue Reading...
Both men's appearance are said to repel the young, yet they attempt to safeguard their 'just' reputations -- Blindy even says directly that he earned his nickname in his infamous fight: "you seen me earn it" (495). Blindy says that Willie Sawyer's c Continue Reading...
His silence is not only related to the fact that there is no one else to talk to, but also to the fact that talking is a human trait that is practiced in civilized society. Nick's sojourn to the heart of the country surrounding Seney removes him fro Continue Reading...
Nick Adams Stories by Ernest Hemingway From Modernism to Isolationism: The Transition of Nick Adams in the short stories Indian Camp and Big Two-Hearted River, Parts 1 & Ernest Hemingway, acclaimed American novelist and short story writer, have Continue Reading...
Farewell to Arms Ernest Hemingway was indelibly impacted by his experiences both with war and romantic love, which is why love and war feature together prominently in novels like A Farewell to Arms. The double meaning of the title of this novel refe Continue Reading...
Kilimanjaro' and 'Killers' Ernest Hemingway was larger than life, a heroic American icon who stood for culture, class, sport, power and sex. He was a hunter, a fisherman, a connoisseur of bullfights and boxing and cigars. He is regarded as one of t Continue Reading...
Prohibition Impact American Authors F. Scott Fitzgerald Ernest Hemingway Prohibition and the roaring 20s: The novels of F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemmingway The consumption of alcohol defines the works of both F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest H Continue Reading...
Hills Like White Elephants" -- Ernest Hemingway Will the couple agree to an abortion? Jig, the girlfriend, knows she is going to have to give in to the man and have the abortion, and there are hints and there is foreshadowing (albeit very subtle) Continue Reading...
However, he was not the only person that had this type of opinion. Jack Kerouac also shared much of the dissent and concern that Hemingway had for the civilization in the West, although his views were not the same as Gandhi's. Kerouac felt that Wes Continue Reading...
competing values in Ernest Hemingway's "In Our Time" This essay illustrates and explores how complicated it is to be a human, have relationships, and live in a world of complex and competing values. The essay specifically explores the chapters 'The Continue Reading...
Earnest Hemingway Ernest Hemingway may not have been a deliberate or conscious chauvinist but the manner in which he presented his characters suggests that the "Hemmingway hero" is the focus of all his stories and the 'heroine' is somewhat lost in t Continue Reading...
Faulkner and Hemingway: Comparison William Faulkner (1897-1962) and Ernest Hemingway (1898-1961) were contemporaries who chose to adopt writing style that was highly unique and totally different from many of other writers of their time. Both reache Continue Reading...
Farewell to Arms," by Ernest Hemingway. Specifically, it will discuss rain throughout the story. Rain and water are two reoccurring themes woven through the story. Hemingway uses water and rain as a subtle warning of the characters ultimate fate. F Continue Reading...
Suicide Marilyn Monroe, Ernest Hemingway, George Sanders, and Virginia Woolf- what do all these people have in common? Death by suicide. Hard as it may be to swallow, the fact remains that these very famous people who were viewed as successful and h Continue Reading...
Hills Like White Elephants Ernest Hemingway's "Hills like White Elephants" Ernest Hemingway's "Hills like White Elephants" Ernest Hemingway's short story, "Hills like White Elephants" draws largely on the themes of selfishness and naivety, which c Continue Reading...
Hemingway & Lessing Compare and Contrast: Martial and Romantic Relationships Ernest Hemingway and Doris Lessing each examine marital and romantic relationships their short stories Hills Like White Elephants and To Room Nineteen respectively. He Continue Reading...
Moreover, the girl changes the subject quickly to having another beer. While the man in the story remains utterly insensitive to his girlfriend, her state of mind is less clear. On the one hand, her self-esteem seems dreadfully low. She repeats, "I Continue Reading...
Hemingway is classified as a modernist in fiction. Modernism rejected traditions that existed in the nineteenth century and sought to stretch the boundaries, striking out in new directions and with new techniques. More was demanded of the reader of l Continue Reading...
It is certainly difficult to determine in Hemingway actually wanted Adams to be a mirror image of who he was or if he wanted the character to reveal his experiences and his feelings from the war period. Nick Adams does not necessarily have to be co Continue Reading...
Hemingway If literary genius can be described as one person's ability to influence the thinking of others and to do it only with written words, then Ernest Miller Hemingway was certainly deserving of the title. With his direct, declarative and strea Continue Reading...
Unable to serve in the army, he too, like Jake is haunted by a feeling of vulnerability. His mother financially supports his career as a novelist, and he is highly dependant upon Frances, the woman with whom he is involved, even while he is lusting Continue Reading...
With him, this vital energy goes its own way, independent of the pessimism and the disillusionment so typical of the age.' Hemingway did not go to the awards ceremony due to illness, some time before that same year his plane crashed and he lived to Continue Reading...
Hemingway both describes these characters in the relation with him as well as in the relation with other subjects. Regardless however of the perspective, the hurdles the characters overcome make them successful both in the mind of the reader and in Continue Reading...
" Booth asserts that while Ole's acceptance of death "seems incomprehensible to Nick" (Booth) his "resolve, although leaving too many questions unanswered, is portrayed as admirable and mature" (Booth). In addition to this, Booth maintains that Ole' Continue Reading...
Islands in the Stream 1954 Nobel Laureate, Ernest Hemingway, 1899-1961, has been an icon of the literary world for over seventy years. He has been called the greatest American author of the twentieth century and his novels and short stories are amon Continue Reading...
