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. ... The waiter went away" (Hemingway). Hemingway does not waste words in this story. ... Hemingway's "A Clean Well-Lighted Place" possesses quite a bit of symbolism. ... 'He was in despair'" (Hemingway). ...

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Consequences In Hemingway's "A Very Short Story" In Hemingway's "A Very Short Story," there is a very specific idea presented. Hemingway, however, has a very unique way of portraying this point. ... Hemingway notes, "Luz sat on the bed. ... Hemingway is simply showing the reader the consequences of affairs. ... Works Cited Hemingway, Ernest. ...

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It is noted that the great American novelist, Ernest Hemingway's, male heroes usually were defined by their ability to face adversity with quiet strength. ... However, each and every hero of Ernest Hemingway shares a characteristic with the others. ... After studying this code for the hero and examining Hemingway's life it can be seen that this code is based off of Ernest. ... Finally he saw many deaths and injuries while serving as an Italian ambulance driver in world war two (Ernest Hemingway, videocassette). ... Finally Ernest Hemingway was one of America's best writers. ...

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"Hills Like White Elephants," written by Ernest Hemingway, is a captivating fictional story that is filled with hidden messages, themes, and symbolism. Hemingway's short story dates back to almost ninety years ago, initially appearing in a collection titled "Men Without Women" in 1927. ... Another theme portrayed in Hemingway's "Hills Like White Elephants" is the feeling of doubt and ambiguity. ... Finally, the last example of symbolism Hemingway portrays in this story is the train station itself. ... "Hills Like White Elephants" by Ernest Hemi...

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The short story, "Hills Like White Elephants" by Ernest Hemingway, and the novella, "The Metamorphosis" by Franz Kafka, both contain covert alternate meanings that emanate from the authors' literary style preferences. ... Ernest Hemingway uses a literary style called the "Iceberg Theory" to convey only the information that he feels is pertinent, and leaves the rest to the reader to determine. ... Kafka's and Hemingway's works are similar in that they both stray from the grander narrative. ... Both Kafka and Hemingway exhibit, through their styles of...

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"They look like white elephants," she said (Hemingway 237). ... "On this side there was no shade and no trees" (Hemingway 236). ... "The station was between two lines of rails in the sun" (Hemingway 236). ... "We want two Anis del Toro" (Hemingway 237). ... In conclusion, Ernest Hemingway's short story "Hills like White Elephants" is about a couple struggling to deal with an unwanted pregnancy. ...

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In the short story "Hills Like White Elephants" the author Ernest Hemingway sets the setting in about the 1930's of an "American" and a "girl" sitting at a table together in a small train station bar somewhere between Barcelona and Madrid. ... The railway station with the two lines of rails going in both directions forever, but leading to nowhere is another symbol that Hemingway put in his story. ... In the title Hemingway uses the world "white elephant" looking up the definition of the world, "An article, ornament no longer wanted by its owner"(1622), you would see that Hemingway wasn&#x...

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"A Clean Well Lighted Place" and "Hills Like White Elephants" Two of Ernest Hemingway's most famously short, short stories are "A Clean Well Lighted Place" and "Hills Like White Elephants." ... Primarily, Hemingway is a master of implication in fiction. In much of his work, Hemingway does not provide the reader with enough information to make necessary moral judgments. ... Hemingway also uses numerous symbols in his stories. ... "( Smith page 230) Hemingway says much with few words. ...

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This is an example of Hemingway's role reversal of the sexes. ... Robert Wilson is essentially Hemingway's misanthropic view of a man. ... Ernest Hemingway born July 21st, 1899 the second of six children. ... She also tried to include all of the children in the arts and music, Ernest played the cello and attended operas. ... Ernest who "was stunned, then sick, then furious [and] the rejection continued to rankle, until it became and emotional injury of enduring consequence." ...

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Ernest Hemingway's "Hills Like White Elephants" and David Foster Wallace's "Good People" are two very similar stories where they show two different young couples who are dealing with an unplanned pregnancy in completely different ways. ... "Hills Like White Elephant" by Ernest Hemingway is about an American man and a women named Jig, who are inside of a bar at a train station in Spain as they wait for the train that will take them to Barcelona. ... (Hemingway 591-94) "Good People" by David Foster Wallace's is a short story about two Chris...

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Having read Ernest Hemingway's "Hills Like White Elephants- several times, it seems to be a story that doesn't make much sense. ... What this tells the reader is that Hemingway explained many things through the use of metaphors, leaving only the unknown. ... Hemingway leaves the reader wondering of his intent. ... Having read the story several times, I found Hemingway's form exquisite. ... I sympathized greatly with the young girl in the story and chose to share my interpretation of Hemingway's "Hills Like White Elephants-. ...

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In the short story "Hills Like White Elephants" by Ernest Hemingway, a girl and a man discuss weather or not she should have an abortion. Because the man and the girl have different views on this subject, they argue continually throughout the story. The man is extremel...

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In the short story "Hills Like White Elephants" by Ernest Hemingway, a girl and a man discuss weather or not she should have an abortion. Because the man and the girl have different views on this subject, they argue continually throughout the story. The man is extremely selfish and ...

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In the short story "The short happy life of Francis Macomber" by Ernest Hemingway the author seems to describe his problems with his wife and woman in general. ... In the story the main charter's wife, Margot Macomber, is described as a "bitchy woman" and that's exactly what Hemingway thinks about woman. ... Hemingway doesn't tell us why she does this, allowing the reader to come to our own conclusions. ... Essentially, it really makes no difference; had Margot hit the buffalo instead of Francis, it would have reinforced his shame, which for Hemingway would be worse than being d...

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Ernest Hemingway's novella "The Old Man and the Sea" and Jack London's short story "To build a Fire" put both powers on display. ... In Hemingway's portrait of the world, death is inevitable, but the best men will nontheless refuse to give in to its power. ... Hemingway also uses the sharks in a more realistic sense. It was often been said that Hemingway's sharks are symbolic of his critics tearing and devouring his works. ... Hemingway must have wanted to link the poor fisher man to Christ. ...

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Part of the reason for this---and I feel that it was done intentionally by Hemingway ---is the manner in which his adversities were played out. ... This goes to show how big of an influence a father had on both Nick's as well as Ernest Hemingway's life. One may wonder the reason that Hemingway included such a harsh and unusual incident in one of his stories" beginnings---by this, I mean the suicide of the Indian. The reason for this is quite lucid; it is to prepare the reader for what is to follow in the world of Nick Adams, the world as Hemingway saw it. ... Another story where...

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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. These two men have many similari...

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Change Of Nick In In Our Time In Ernest Hemingway's 1925 short story collection In Our Time, the main character, Nick, changes from a nave boy to an educated man. ... Hemingway also uses clues to show that women don't have a significant role by using a phrase such as "Then he heard his wife's voice from the darkened room."" ... Hemingway leads the reader to believe that him and his wife have separated because she nor Nick's son is on the camping trip. ...

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From the indirect presentation of Francis Macomber by Ernest Hemingway, we can gain many insights to his character, through what he does, says, and thinks and also how he interacts with other people. ...

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Introduction Raymond Carver is said to be one of the most influential American short-story writer and poet in the second half of 20th century, a major force in the revival of the short story in the 1980s (Kennedy, X. J. and Gioia, Dana, 2005). In this essay, we aim to analyze the main characteristic...

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