This is illustrated in the story "Big Two-Hearted River: Part II.... The river just showed through the trees. ... An example of the great detail that Hemmingway used in "Big Two-Hearted River: Part I" can be seen when he describes the grasshopper that Nick encounters. The story says, "They were not the big grasshoppers with yellow and black or red and black wings whirring out from their black wing sheathing as they fly up. ... Hemingway found the balance between the two and used what he learned from being a news reporter in order to create writing that would stand out as di...

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