He went to war. ... He dreams of his younger days when he was capable of fulfilling and remaining true to his talent. ... This is similar to how he ignores his wife's cheating habits instead of confronting her. ... You may not always know one's true background and what is really happening in their life. ... The narrator for the story is in Milan for rehabilitation where he meets an Italian Soldier, a champion fencer, whose hand has been wounded while at war that is also in rehabilitation. ...

• Word Count: 3440
• Approx Pages: 14
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

It is a truly gripping story, told in a lean, hard, athletic narrative prose that, in a way, puts other great works of literature to shame". ... Hemingway knows how not only to make words be specific but how to arrange a collection of words which shall betray a great deal more than is to be found in the individual parts"." ... On the snippet, Hemingway prefaced the James quote "The war has used up words " by writing "on the debasement of words by war"."... Hemingway is frequently seen as an artist who has created an entirely new style of American fiction, one that adheres to truer ideas of obj...

• Word Count: 5359
• Approx Pages: 21
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Following World War I, Hemingway returned to Michigan to write, hunt, and fish. ... These people were devastated by the war and expressed the disillusionment and brutality of humanity in their works. Hemingway later moved to Key West, Florida and then Cuba following the outbreak of World War II. ... This is why Hemingway frequently places his characters in war, bullfighting rings, or on the African plains. ... During the course of the story, Macomber transitions from a cowardly boy to a fearless Hemingway man. ...

• Word Count: 3224
• Approx Pages: 13
• Grade Level: High School