Category: Ernest Hemingway
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Male Characters in Hemingway’s “Hills Like White Elephants“ and Chekhov’s “The Husband“
The narrative Hills like White Elephants by Ernest Hemingway commences in a valley in Spain. The story is about a protagonist, the American, and the antagonist is the girlfriend, Jinn. The narrative revolves around the American man’s suggestion to the girlfriend to have an operation that she later agrees with dispassionately. The American man acts…
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“A Clean, Well-Lighted Place” by Ernest Hemingway: A Literary Analysis
Hemingway’s work – as well as his personality – causes a lot of controversial opinions. To someone, it is attractive and intriguing, while for other people, it is completely alien. Still, there is no point in arguing that Hemingway is an iconic writer, one of those who shaped the literary art of his time. It…
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Themes in Hemingway’s “A Farewell to Arms”: The Cruel Reality of War
Although there were numerous prerequisites and indications of a military crisis approaching the world in the early 1910s, World War I swept the humankind into massive bloodshed and introduced it to chaos. “A Farewell to Arms” by Ernest Hemingway deserves to be titled as the most prominent of prose pieces that strip war of its…
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The Feeling of Lost in Hemingway’s “Soldier’s Home”
Introduction Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961) was one of the most popular and successful American writers of the 20th century and is now considered a modern classic. His novels and stories revolve around bullfighting, big game safaris, and war. Ernest Hemingway is probably one of the best and most influential short story writers. His early story, Soldier’s…
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The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway Review
Ernest Hemingway recounts to the readers of The Old Man and the Sea a story about an older man named Santiago who loves his life as a fisherman, although he lives in terrible poverty. The novel’s main event is Santiago’s lengthy fishing trip, during which he reels in one of the largest marlins that have…
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Ernest Hemingway’s Life and the Themes Presented in “Hills Like White Elephants”
It is not a rare occasion that authors include some details from their personal life in their works. Sometimes, they explicitly remark that a book or a story is autobiographic. In other cases, writers entitle their characters with some features pertaining to themselves. Finally, there are also situations when nothing in the narration indicates a…
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Ernest Hemingway and Shirley Jackson Writing Style
Table of Contents Introduction Ernest Hemingway Shirley Jackson Conclusion Introduction The current paper contains a discussion of the writing styles of two American writers Ernest Hemingway and Shirley Jackson whose works are now considered the classics of American literature. Some writers are influenced by others with a view to the chosen topics, manner of presenting…
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A Farewell to Arms Novel by Ernest Hemingway
War is an essential topic in A Farewell to Arms due to the novel’s setting at the time of World War I. While reading the book, it is particularly interesting to monitor the growth of the main character and the change in his attitudes towards war. In this essay, I will explain how Frederic’s opinions…
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Hemingway’s View in “Hills Like White Elephants”
Ernest Hemingway’s short story Hills like white Elephants was written in 1927. A man and a young woman talk, enjoy a drink and gaze out across the Ebro Valley as they wait in a Spanish train station. However, each figure in Hills Like White Elephants has hidden messages, ideas, and motivations. During their conversation, the…
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Jig’s Character in the “Hills Like White Elephants” by Ernest Hemingway
Introduction This conversation shows that Jug has made up her mind to keep the pregnancy. This is quite interesting because she engages in an ironical conversation, which is full of satire. This can be observed through the symbols she uses in the conversation. Apart from this, Jig fakes her innocence and shows the surrendering character…