Category: Ernest Hemingway

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 novels main event is Santiagos lengthy fishing trip, during which he reels in one of the largest marlins that have…

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…

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…

War is an essential topic in A Farewell to Arms due to the novels 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 Frederics opinions…

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…

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 mans story. Reading about Santiagos experiences allowed me to view life from a hopeful perspective. The old mans life is an inspiration to deal with lifes…

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…

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…

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…

Hills like White Elephants is a short story written by Ernest Hemingway. This work is a real masterpiece being rich in various themes and concepts. The author managed to create an atmosphere of sophisticated relationships and family metamorphosis. He strived to depict a kind of conflict between hedonism and personal responsibility. This story is considered…