The short story "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place," written by Ernest Hemingway, is about two waiters in a Spanish café who are discussing their last customer of the night, an elderly and lonely drunk man. Hemingway uses a writing style that is straightforward and rarely incorporates adjectives, but his story is loaded with symbolism. ... The waiter went away" (Hemingway). Hemingway does not waste words in this story. ... Light is the opposite of darkness, a major theme in the story. ...

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In the short story "Hills Like White Elephants," Ernest Hemingway uses many literary elements to create the tone of the story. ... Hemingway uses the dialogue of a man and woman to slowly reveal an argument over abortion. ... The story seems to be set in the 1920's. ... Hemingway shows this fact by referencing all the labels on their luggage from the hotels they had spent nights at. ... Hemingway never actually uses the word abortion in his story; he just uses the symbolism and the dialogue to get this point out. ...

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Plot is when the events drive the story towards its climax and outcome. ... While writing The Sun Also Rises, Ernest Hemingway focused on many different literary elements, but Hemingway mainly focused on the literary elements of plot, setting, and theme. In The Sun Also Rises, Ernest Hemingway strongly presents the literary element of plot. Plot is when the events drive the story towards its climax and outcome. ... He leaves Pamplona and has a short holiday in San Sebastian, Spain. ...

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A setting is what makes most short stories come to life and in the short story, "Hills Like White Elephants," the setting is portrayed in a technique that enhances the reader's understanding of the story. Hemingway cleverly used the setting as a "cheat," informing the reader of what is actually taking place in the story. ... However, the whole short story is based on a girl deciding to get an abortion. ... Without the powerful setting it would be rather difficult to figure out what this short story was really about. ... Without this powerful yet simple setting this short story would not h...

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The story is set in a town where a once thriving lumber business has declined to the point where the lumber mill is now a ruin. ... This opinion is re-enforced by the third character, Bill, who when he appears near the end of the story asks Nick, "Did she go all right?". ... The language between Nick and Marjorie is short, concise, brief and almost brutal. ... Hemingway's use of setting, characters and style of writing combine to make the reader understand the theme of the story without it being specifically mentioned, and because of this feel the emotions the writer wants them to. Heming...

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Hemingway uses third person limited to narrate the story and to give a sense of distance and uncertainty about the disabled old man as well as a distinction between the waiters. ... A variety of these devices is used in each of the two stories being analyzed. Light and dark imagery play a role in both stories. ... The authors use various tools to give the reader a better understanding of the main themes in each of the two short stories. ... The use of the narrators and all of their associated diction, literary devices and descriptions lead to an understanding of how these two short stories cou...

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In the short story "Soldier's Home" by Ernest Hemingway, Harold Krebs is a lonely, almost purposeless man who has returned home from war. In the short story "The Eighty-Yard Run" by Irwin Shaw, Christian Darling is a married ex-football player now living in New York. ... First, both stories took place during the1920's. ... When I first started reading "The Eighty-Yard Run", I was happy when the story showed how in love Darling and Louise were. Then, like it said in the story, everything went downhill. ...

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Characterization of Francis Macomber in "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber" The ways that Francis Macomber did, said, and thought things as well as the way he interacted with other characters in the short story "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber" gives great insight to his character. ... First of all, the setting for the story is him going on safari. ... This is a bit of foreshadowing of his fear and what could come later in the story. ... From the indirect presentation of Francis Macomber by Ernest Hemingway, we can gain many insights to his character, throu...

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She earned a reputation with French and English critics who ranked her close to authors like Faulkner and Hemingway. ... The people in the story spoke as real people of the 1940's would. ... All of this waiting leads up to the climax of the story. ... The claustrophobia was broken by short trips to the outside world. ... Frankie, John Henry, and Berenice played cards two times during the story. ...

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