The short story "Soldier's Home,"" by Ernest Hemingway, is about a soldier named Krebs who reveals the shock of re-entry into life after war. ... Krebs is the central character in the story who didn't keep faith in himself when he came back from war. Before the war, he was a college student and Hemingway includes a picture of, "him among his fraternity brothers, all of them wearing exactly the same height and style collar " (Hemingway,133). ... Mihiel, and in the Argonne,"" (Hemingway,133) which was one of the violent war events that occurred in WWI. ... I know what your own dear gra...

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• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

In Ernest Hemingway's short story, "Hills Like White Elephants," alcohol is incorporated into the story with the same attention to detail as a primary character. At the beginning of the story, Jig orders a large beer, and from that moment, the concept of alcoholism is woven through the plot and it's effects are revealed in the lives of Hemingway's characters. Hemingway's characters believe that drinking alcohol will help them work through, or avoid, difficulties in their lives. ... (Hemingway 97) They've not talked about a procedure previously in the story, this is jus...

• Word Count: 936
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Wilson, from the story "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber," is the essence of masculinity that Ernest Hemingway idolized. Hemingway was man's man; like Wilson he hunted big game, he drank heavily and he was a womanizer of sorts. ... Ernest Hemingway shows himself, or at least what he wants to be, in the form of Wilson. ... Wilson is the essence of a man and that is exactly what Ernest Hemingway strived to be. There is a sense of what a man is supposed to be in almost all males, for some it is not the classic example that is portrayed by Wilson but for Hemingway it was and he shape...

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• Grade Level: High School

There are many ways "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber" by Ernest Miller Hemingway could be interpreted. ... In the story the narrator tells us that Margot is "very afraid of something" after the buffalo hunt. ... Ernest Miller Hemingway's story " The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber" could be interpreted in different ways. My interpretation of the story is Margot shoots Francis on purpose to kill him. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Unspoken Words Ernest Hemingway is an incredible writer for his ability to write a story using symbols. ... Ernest Hemingway will always be known for what he leaves out of stories and not for what he tells. ... The story isn't easy to understand because it is told in such a short period of time. Hemingway doesn't tell us about the characters pasts or future, but only the present. ... Hemingway's stories are left with the reader to determine the plot and that's why Hemingway's stories are so interesting. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

In the story "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber" by Ernest Hemingway, one of the most shocking moments occurs when Mrs. ... Hemingway leaves the reader to answer the crucial question of whether or not it was intentional. Throughout the story the Macombers have a turbulent relationship. ... The narrator suggests this on page18 of the story by writing: "Margot was too beautiful for Macomber to leave her and Macomber had too much money for Margot to ever leave him." This is indicative of their behavior throughout the story. ...

• Word Count: 526
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• Grade Level: High School