Category: Ernest Hemingway

  • The Killers: Short Story Genre of Earnest Hemingway

    The literary style of Earnest Hemingway, Nobel laureate in 1954, is direct, terse, and often monotonous, yet suited to elemental subject matters. His fiction and short stories usually focus on people living essential, dangerous lives, controlling the pain and difficulty of their existence, with stoic courage. Hemingway’s characters plainly embody his own values and views…

  • Narratives’ Comparison: Ernest Hemingway and Katherine Mansfield

    Ernest Hemingway and Katherine Mansfield were increasingly influential writers of post-war stories at the beginning of the 20th century. The First World War became a source of inspiration for many authors who tried to convey the mood of those tragic events and their consequences to the public. This paper aims to analyze the language means…

  • The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway

    Table of Contents Introduction Discussion Conclusion Reference Introduction Faith and resilience stand out in the novel The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway, particularly in the older man’s story. Reading about Santiago’s experiences allowed me to view life from a hopeful perspective. The old man’s life is an inspiration to deal with life’s…

  • Symbolism, Setting, Irony in Hemingway’s ”Hills Like White Elephants”

    Did you know that conflict is an integral part of any romantic relationship, no matter how healthy it may be? Well, the romantic relationship between the American and Jig was no different. “Hills like White Elephants” is a symbolic and expressive story that depicts a deteriorating relationship between two characters. The author demonstrates the certainty…

  • “A Clean, Well-Lighted Place” by Ernest Hemingway

    Introduction “A Clean, Well-Lighted Place” is a short story by Ernest Hemingway, portraying three people, different in age and possessed values — an elderly drunk and two waiters. Through the protagonists’ behavior in the café where the story is set, the author expresses the idea that all humans will inevitably fade into everlasting nothingness, as…

  • Symbolism in “A Farewell to Arms” by Ernest Hemingway

    Table of Contents Introduction Idealism and Pragmatism of War Idealistic Hero against Frederic Henry The Breakdown of the Pragmatic Hero Pragmatism through Symbolism Works Cited Introduction Most idealists view war as an ideal concept. Idealists support the concept of sacrificing oneself in order that the entire society may benefit. This implies that those who participate…

  • Post-WWI America in “Soldier’s Home” by Ernest Hemingway

    Table of Contents Plot Characters Setting Conflict Conclusion References The history of literature has seen renowned masters of short stories, and Ernest Hemingway is one of them. “Soldier’s Home” is a classic example of such a story, as it depicts the United States of America in the fallout of the First World War (WWI) through…

  • Setting of “Hills Like White Elephants” by Ernest Hemingway

    Ernest Hemingway’s famous story “Hills Like White Elephants” is a short work but full of contextual details. The setting in which the events of the story unfold is notable for how much it influences the course of the narrative. Various non-obvious aspects presented by the author allow the reader to find new meanings in the…

  • Hemingway’s Lessons in “The Old Man and the Sea”

    The Old Man and the Sea is the last complete work published by Ernest Hemingway, a genius author who won both the Pulitzer Prize and the Nobel Prize in a matter of a couple of years. His novella about an old fisherman named Santiago is an example of the masterful use of symbolism and allegory…

  • Perception of War in A Farewell to Arms by Hemingway

    A Farewell to Arms, an Ernest Hemingway novel, has a distinctive anti-military rhetoric. While the war is not directly condemned, its atrocities are described vividly, showing that something wrong is happening. Its main character, Frederic Henry, is an American lieutenant serving in the Italian Army ambulance during World War I. At first, he performs his…