With reference to subject matter and style, write on anything which is of interest in extract.

HKU SPACE Community College Name: Kwok Ka Yan, Jojo Student ID: 10226260 Subject: An Introduction to Literature in English Lecturer: Mimi Chan Date: 15th May, 2003 Essay Topic: With reference to subject matter and style, write on anything which is of interest in extract (c) In this short extract, Hemingway manages to convey a massive amount of information about the two characters in the story and form the personalities of the characters. His technique involves symbolism and timid hints; he is making the readers form a picture of the characters that they might not have consciously considered. His narration is simple, static in style; his descriptions are direct and void of much decoration. The part where Hemingway stands out however, is in the dialogue. Not many writers have the skill to produce conversations in a natural language. Some of the well-known names have even tended to avoid it altogether. Hemingway's dialogue is characterizing the distinct personalities in a very powerful way. It is also noticeable, how detached Hemingway is from his writing. He manages to stay impartial, not letting his personal values affect the narration. It is also not possible to find his opinions about abortion in the story. In the following paragraphs, I will analyze how the four "prose system" works in the extract. Now let us analyze how Hemingway uses the four prose systems. In

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Ernest Miller Hemingway: His Influences.

Ernest Miller Hemingway: His Influences Ernest Miller Hemingway was born in Oak Park, Illinois, on July 21, 1899. From a young man interested in sport and drink, Hemingway grew into and old man who was interested in sport and drink. Al1ong the way he became one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century. Throughout his life, he had many influences. Among them were; his wounding in Italy, his time in Paris as an expatriate, and his love of sport and excitement. These things helped shape Hemingway's life, and, as will soon be shown, Hemingway's art imitated his life very often. After graduating from High School, Hemingway soon went to work for the Kansas City Star, which was, at that time, one of the leading newspapers in the United States. During his time as a cub reporter there, Hemingway was encouraged to "use short sentences... ...Use short first paragraphs. Use vigorous English. Be positive, not negative. (Guide 7)" According to Waldhorn, "Hemingway learned to transmute journalistic rules to literary principle." Soon, however, World War I broke out and Hemingway felt the need to go to war. He enlisted as a Red Cross volunteer and was stationed at the front in northern Italy. He soon saw the action he was looking for. One day while handing out chocolate to the wounded in the trenches, a mortar shell exploded over Hemingway's head and he went down, riddled with

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Indian Camp by Ernest Hemingway - Literary analysis.

Johanne Markvoll 5. October 2002 Indian Camp by Ernest Hemingway - Literary analysis After reading this short story by Ernest Hemingway, I have to admit I was quite confused. Faithful to his own style, Hemingway uses few words to describe a rough situation and hard facts. As a reader, I'm left on my own to interpret the situation and finding the deeper meaning of the story, Hemingway gives very little away for free! Indian Camp is, as the title indicates, set in an Indian camp in the USA. I assume the story takes place in the beginning of the 20th century, but I think this could just as well happen in our time. The geographical setting though - an outlying Indian camp in the wilderness of USA - is of great relevancy in the story; Nick's rough confrontation with the mysteries of birth and death stands as a contrast to the peaceful society and surroundings the Indians are living in. And that's what the story is about; the beginning and end of life, how rough it some times might be, and a young boy's confrontation with this. Because of his father's occupation, Nick is in all likelihood familiar with both child birth and death, but not in this violent way. Why a person would want to kill himself isn't easy to understand for a young boy like Nick. Not even his father, the doctor, has a good explanation for this. To the mystery of birth, the doctor gives his son a plain and

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Symbolism in Cat in the Rain

Essay on Cat in the Rain Symbolism in Cat in the Rain In his short story Cat in the Rain, Ernest Hemingway uses imagery and subtlety to convey to the reader that the relationship between the American couple is in crisis and is quite clearly dysfunctional. In other words, the reader has to have a symbolic reading of the images. In fact, what seems to be a simple tale of an American couple spending a rainy afternoon inside their hotel room serves as a great metaphor for their relationship. This symbolic imagery, hided behind common objects, gives the story all its significance. This short story contains a great number of striking and literary symbols. In a symbolic reading, the opening paragraph describes the crisis that exists in the marriage of the couple. In other words, the description of the bad weather, of the "empty square"1(l.10) and of their isolation, reflects this conflict and also sets the negative mood. In fact, since the beginning, Ernest Hemingway insists on the isolation of the couple that "does not know any of the people they passed" (ll.1-2) and are "only two Americans"(l.1). Here it is interesting to notice that they are isolated from the outside world but also from each other. There is no communication and they have no contact, they are distant from each other. Then this isolation is accentuated because of the weather, it is raining. The rain is part

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A Clean Well Lighted Place

A Clean Well Lighted Place Ernest Hemingway is respected as a phenomenal writer. While I enjoyed A Clean Well-Lighted Place, I though it was a simple story. I made the mistake at taking it at face value. After all, I thought, short stories are just simple little tales about nothing, right? I was wrong. This short story told a deeper story. The deeper story didn't really have a moral or any highly symbolic points. It didn't even require very deep analysis. The deeper story just gave me a reason to be empathetic at times when it seems the least necessary. There are only three main characters in A Clean Well-Lighted Place. The old waiter, the young waiter and the old, blind patron. The patron is totally content sitting in the clean well-lighted place and drinking. He is simply being. By 'being', I mean that the patron is just being alive and appreciating and owning his life. It seems to be an almost melancholy state he's in. The old, blind patron almost seems as though, if he were to stay there forever, he would be just fine. Although he does not speak much in the story, I would say that he is the protagonist. The young waiter (also the antagonist in the story), wanted to get home to his family, is irritated with the patron. He wants this old man to just go home so he can close up shop. He is at the point in his life when things just seem to move too quickly and one never

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The Old Man and the Sea. Santiago follows the Hemingway code of behavior, therefore emphasizing and supporting the theme, Dignity belongs to the conquered.

Tahir Yusufaly 1-9-02 Language Arts - Period 4 Santiago's "Code of Behavior" Exemplifying "Dignity Belongs to the Conquered." Ernest Hemingway, one of the greatest American writers of all time, is known to write of his main characters having a "code of behavior." The two main parts of this 'code' are to never give up, and to be humble and respectful of others. One of Hemingway's novels, The Old Man and the Sea, consists of an old Cuban fisherman named Santiago going out to sea, catching a gigantic thirty-foot marlin, but eventually losing it to the sharks. Santiago follows the Hemingway "code of behavior," therefore emphasizing and supporting the theme, "Dignity belongs to the conquered." Santiago's respectfulness is an example of Hemingway's "code of behavior." For instance, during the second day of his tenure with the marlin, Santiago thinks to himself, "How many people will he (the marlin) feed...are they worthy to eat him...? No, of course not. There is no one worthy of eating him from...his behaviour...his great dignity" (Hemingway, 75). Although he is attempting to kill the marlin, it is obvious from the way Santiago speaks that he still has a lot of admiration for the fish. This pride in one's task but respect of the opponent is one of the primary components of Hemingway's "code of behavior." Furthermore, when Santiago has used up all of his weapons in attempts

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Exploring the Iceberg: In Hills like White Elephants, Hemingways austere syntax consists mainly of short dialogue and undetailed descriptions

Quinones Alyxandria Quiñones AP Literature Mrs. Carpenter 0-2-11 5 0 5 20 25 30 Exploring the Iceberg: Abortion and Responsibility‘It’s really an awfully simple operation, Jig,’ the man said. ‘It’s not really an operation at all.’ The girl looked at the ground the table legs rested on. ‘I know you wouldn’t mind it, Jig. It’s really not anything. It’s just to let the air in.’ The girl did not say anything. ‘I’ll go with you and I’ll stay with you all the time. They just let the air in and then it’s all perfectly natural.’ ‘Then what will we do afterwards?’ ‘We’ll be fine afterwards. Just like we were before.’ ‘What makes you think so?’ ‘That’s the only thing that bothers us. It’s the only thing that’s made us unhappy.’ The girl looked at the bead curtain, put her hand out and took hold of two of the strings of beads. ‘And you think then we’ll be all right and be happy.’ ‘I know we will. Yon don’t have to be afraid. I’ve known lots of people that have done it.’ ‘So have I,’ said the girl. ‘And afterwards they were all so happy.’ ‘Well,’ the man said, ‘if you don’t want to you don’t have to. I wouldn’t have you do it if you didn’t want to. But I know it’s perfectly simple.’ ‘And you really want to?’ ‘I think it’s the best thing to do. But I don’t

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Compare and contrast ‘The End of Something’ by Ernst Hemingway and ‘Here We Are’ by Dorothy Parker

Compare and contrast 'The End of Something' by Ernst Hemingway and 'Here We Are' by Dorothy Parker 'The End of Something' by Ernst Hemingway and 'Here We Are' by Dorothy Parker differ in a number ways but many similarities can be drawn between them. 'The End of something' begins with a relatively long descriptive narrative, which sets the scene of the story and gives the reader some historical facts of "Hortons Bay" and "the mill" which now lies "deserted". In contrast to this, most other sentences and paragraphs are short and to the point. "Then Nick cut across the bay". This is a typical type of sentence and shows the matter of fact style adopted by the author. The story is told in third person and the main character seems to be Nick. At the end of the story when Marjorie leaves, Nick remains, and the narration focuses on Nick. "He could hear Marjorie rowing on the water". The author seems to sympathise with Nick and although the readers are not informed of the full details, it is hinted that Nick has been through some sort of ordeal. This is shown when he says, "I feel as though everything was gone to hell inside of me." This technique of holding back information forces readers to come to their own conclusions based on the limited information given, making the story ambiguous. The mill is described in detail and the phrases used are specialised for that purpose. Words

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Is age significant for an understanding of the old man's burdens?

Rishma Patel Eric Muirhead English 1302.123 st February 2005 Is age significant for an understanding of the old man's burdens? "A Clean Well Lighted Place" is one of many dense vignettes written by Ernest Hemingway which is full of nuance but spare in style. The anecdote revolves around the difference between a clean, bright cafe and a dark, not-so- clean bar as a place for lonely men to spend the long, sleepless nights. The story is primarily set in a cozy Spanish cafe late in the evening as two waiters wait for their last customer to leave. The story centers around their conversation in which they discuss a lingering patron who overstays his welcome as the night wears on. He's a quiet, dignified old man who regularly visits the cafe on a daily basis in order to get drunk and drown his sorrows in a place that he feels most comfortable in. Hemingway contrasts light and dark to show the difference between the old man and the young people around him. In addition he uses the old man's deafness as an image in his separation from the rest of the world. Near the end of the story, the author shows us the desperate emptiness of a life near finished without the fruit of its labor, and the aggravation of the old man's restless mind that cannot find peace. Throughout this story stark images of desperation show the old man's life at a point when he has realized the futility of life

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How Does Hemingway use Economy In

Josh Ruegger How Does Hemingway use Economy In "The end of something" Hemingway is renowned for his brief, simple and economical writing style. This is present in the story "The end of something", but how does he achieve this and what effect does it have on the story. Hemingway has an economical writing style, which is achieved through the repetition of words. An example of this is the use of the word "said" after any dialogue between Marjorie and Nick. This can seem quite juvenile in style, many authors would be more descriptive, but by repeating this simple and plain word Hemingway is commenting on the tediousness of their relationship. This is reinforced later when Nick remarks "it isn't fun anymore". When Nick talks to Bill later Hemingway drops the use of the word suggesting their relationship is more interesting. The use of the word "said" also conveys the lack of emotion between the couple. Another way that Hemingway achieves economy is through sentence length. When describing nature and motion Hemingway uses long descriptive, interesting sentences with imagery, however when the subject is Nick and Marjorie's relationship short, abrupt sentences are used. This could be seen as another way that Hemingway conveys the boring side of their relationship. The description is so detailed when they are fishing, " ran the second line out the same way", that it gives the

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