YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Indian Camp by Ernest Hemingway
Essays 211 - 240
some of the local women, but he does not follow through on this desires because - above all else - he wishes to avoid consequences...
discuss the men. In the article concerning Hemingway the author notes that "Description so vivid that it enables one to be there i...
chose to make his sentences histories of actual perceptions and thoughts, an accomplishment recognized by biographer Carlos Baker,...
allied war effort. Young men were led to believe that the military experience would somehow be ennobling, a glorious affair that, ...
in the Italian ambulance corps during World War I. Henry meets and falls in love with Catherine Barkley, a British nurse. Soon af...
can readily see how this outlook is what has cast Krebs into the sinking hole from which he only somewhat struggles to get free; r...
what dull or even dim-witted character," as from the start, he is passive and seemingly uncaring (Griem 95). It is clear that he c...
two share. They are obviously not really enjoying this moment, or life, for some reason. And, the reason is never clearly spelled ...
conforming to gender role expectations in other areas, such as his taking the bags to the train. It is not that she is portrayed ...
World War II battles in Across the River and into the Trees, this knowledge came from research and not from Hemingways personal wa...
of reference. The priest represents the possibility of attaining the ideal in life and in love, especially as it applies to the r...
This sets the stage for a pessimistic story, despite any optimistic elements. This sense of pessimism is also one that is very u...
him that she wants to stop talking about it, indicating she feels completely powerless and is just going to do it and get it over ...
Hemingway makes clear his own feelings even without stating them by delving more into the older waiters character than the younger...
gone with him there are several ways in which this could have altered the story. The first example will discuss how the story coul...
the good place" (Hemingway 29). The same way in which nature balanced Hemingways perspective of the world around him, Adams aff...
several symbolic connotations in this name, primarily the contrast to the happy little dance called the Jig and the fact that she ...
their lives and their emotions. These men did not need a woman to encourage them or to make them feel like they were men. Inter...
thinking" (Wittkowski 2). The main thrust of such interpretations is that Santiago, in his actions, is in fact an "imitatio Christ...
story is accepting and understanding of the old mans emotional needs. He points out to the younger waiter that the caf? is "clean ...
fresh in the minds of many leaders, this work takes on many topics. One man struggles with his political ideals but in the process...
of Jake finding purpose and meaning in life through a love relationship, as Brett makes it clear that she is unwilling to renounce...
local bar. An old man sits in the corner slowly becoming drunk over the course of the evening. At the end of the evening, the old ...
work around the reality of war, both writing of war and the times after a way. He was a drinker, a fisherman, an adventurer and a ...
his mother. Prior to the war, Hemingway lets the reader know that Krebs was in tune with small town life. He attended a Methodist ...
Hemingway offers the tone and internal dialogue of Jake that sets the stage for understanding his emotional rut: "This was Brett t...
indicates they are seeking some answers, some way to self fulfillment. In this particular short story we see the doubt related t...
in the story and perhaps the most like Hemingway himself. He is a man seeking comfort and simplicity and meaning while lost in dep...
writer, personal experience is simply the staring point, as they combine lived experience with created characters in order to pres...
even Hemingway himself consciously does not, that "blowing things heads off" is not the way to prove a mans masculinity. "What imp...