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chose to make his sentences histories of actual perceptions and thoughts, an accomplishment recognized by biographer Carlos Baker,...

American history. Bell provides an interesting outline of the regional history of Pittsburgh but through "Out of This Furnace" he...

story is accepting and understanding of the old mans emotional needs. He points out to the younger waiter that the caf? is "clean ...

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...

some of the local women, but he does not follow through on this desires because - above all else - he wishes to avoid consequences...

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...

woman who is significant, but rather how she makes the male character feel. This is particularly true of young women, who almost f...

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

two share. They are obviously not really enjoying this moment, or life, for some reason. And, the reason is never clearly spelled ...

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...

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 ...

the good place" (Hemingway 29). The same way in which nature balanced Hemingways perspective of the world around him, Adams aff...

possibilities that we have lying in store for us in the future as a diagnosis of the present. Bell concludes that:...

of Jake finding purpose and meaning in life through a love relationship, as Brett makes it clear that she is unwilling to renounce...

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...

the muscles of the face as well as to the saliva and tear glands. The nerve transmits signals for muscular movements as well as so...

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...

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...

his mother. Prior to the war, Hemingway lets the reader know that Krebs was in tune with small town life. He attended a Methodist ...

to the oceans environment due to red tide is something that affects each and every aspect of Alaskas waters, with particular empha...