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allied war effort. Young men were led to believe that the military experience would somehow be ennobling, a glorious affair that, ...

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...

in the Italian ambulance corps during World War I. Henry meets and falls in love with Catherine Barkley, a British nurse. Soon af...

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...

In five pages this essay considers the narrative action and the main theme's implications within the context of the short story. ...

of reference. The priest represents the possibility of attaining the ideal in life and in love, especially as it applies to the r...

World War II battles in Across the River and into the Trees, this knowledge came from research and not from Hemingways personal wa...

they write: attempting to arrive at some truth about a topic. In Hemingways case, a good argument can be made for his attempt to u...

thinking" (Wittkowski 2). The main thrust of such interpretations is that Santiago, in his actions, is in fact an "imitatio Christ...

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...

fresh in the minds of many leaders, this work takes on many topics. One man struggles with his political ideals but in the process...

discuss the men. In the article concerning Hemingway the author notes that "Description so vivid that it enables one to be there i...

wants nothing more than to earn a decent living to provide for his wife Marie and their three daughters. He transports visitors o...

indicates they are seeking some answers, some way to self fulfillment. In this particular short story we see the doubt related t...

Hemingway offers the tone and internal dialogue of Jake that sets the stage for understanding his emotional rut: "This was Brett t...

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 ...

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...

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 ...

"association of love with life, and the consequent indissolubility and self-sufficiency of the relationship" (Tyler). However, lov...

The boy was intrigued by Santiagos resolve and had faith this man he admired would come through. On one of their early fishing ex...

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 ...

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...

of creation are vastly different" (Anonymous Selected Portions of the "Enuma Elish" enumaeli.htm). "The six days of creation i...

"Dead Mens Path." It seems at first glance to be a very straightforward tale. However, as one critic points out, "In the post-Fouc...