It is full of literary devices which are brilliantly used throughout the story. ... At the beginning of the story we notice that Hemingway introduces the character as "man" and "girl" which gives the reader the idea that the man is in fact older and more mature than the girl. ... Hemingway then confirms that idea by calling the secondary character "the woman". ... He uses metaphors, such as the title, and other literary devices to give hints to the meaning of the story. ...

• Word Count: 888
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

"The Old Man and the Sea" was a novel that shook the literary world in the 20th Century. ... Santiago is a truly unique character, and his transcendence into the spiritual realm gives him an essence that is not apparent in his mind and body. ...

• Word Count: 871
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Specifically, Harry ruins his talent by indulging in a dissipated lifestyle, although Harry has a literary gift. ... These animals symbolize the psychological state and emotional desires of the main character in the stories. ... First of all, the main character is similar to the author of "The Snows of Kilimanjaro.... Because Harry is a character closely based on Hemingway's early life, Hemingway uses this literary device to express his concerns about himself in the "The Snows of Kilimanjaro." Secondly, the snows of the summit symbolize Harry's initial visions of his literary wo...

• Word Count: 1114
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography

In the short story "Hills Like White Elephants," Ernest Hemingway uses many literary elements to create the tone of the story. ... This means there is no real narrator and the story tells itself through the dialogue and actions of the characters. ... The reader himself forms an opinion on the conversation of the characters and whatever their own views and values may be. ...

• Word Count: 371
• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: High School

Ernest Hemingway wrote from personal experiences, the main characters of The Sun Also Rises, A Farewell To Arms, and For Whom The Bell Tolls can all be closely compared to the life Ernest Hemingway lead. ... This is similar to his character Jake in The Sun Also Rises in many ways. ... The third character that relates to Hemingway is Robert Jordan, the main character in Hemingway's novel For Whom The Bell Tolls. ... Many of his characters were similar to him in various ways. ... He has even been called, "the American writer, an undeniable collision of literary talent and iconic persona...

• Word Count: 503
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

Hemingway's use of tone in the dialogue provides us with subtle literary devices to distinguish between the characters. ... Hemingway was able to present us with the different mentalities and tones that people of various age groups have, by using dialogue as a literary device and thereby helping him convey a message to his readers. ...

• Word Count: 762
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Several things that make up the story including the characters, the setting, and Hemingway's own beliefs help to define the importance of Ernest Hemingway's "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place", in today's literature. ... Ernest Hemingway's main characters in "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place" include the deaf, old man and the two restaurant waiters. ... His philosophies bring his literary world an idea of nothing or void in spirituality and other such beliefs. ...

• Word Count: 479
• Approx Pages: 2
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The main character of this story is an elderly, deaf man who spends every evening at the same café until it closes. ... The setting, and the use of several literary mechanisms, however, further develop this old man and enable the reader to not only "see" his loneliness but "feel" and understand it. ...

• Word Count: 488
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

Many of them, such as the characters in The Sun Also Rises, developed a cynical attitude towards American life and chose to immigrate to Europe. ... Not unlike most of the characters of The Sun Also Rises, Robert experienced harsh alienation from society, in his case, anti-Semitism. ... After finalizing the divorce, Robert met and immigrated to Europe with status seeking social-climber, Frances Coyne, whom he worked with on a literary magazine with. ... Of all the characters in The Sun Also Rises, Robert Cohn has the experienced the most alienation. ... It also makes him one of the most in...

• Word Count: 636
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

The historical novel, "A Farewell to Arms," by Ernest Hemingway in 1929, uses a minor character as a foil to show the strengths and weaknesses of the main character. ... Hemingway uses the literary device of foil characters to show how opposites attract. ...

• Word Count: 588
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

Many people thought these "hard to understand writings would be a temporary phase of literature, but authors such as Ernest Hemingway wrote in such a branding way that this writing style has been a constant example of a powerful literary expression. ... Hemingway's writings also had the modern characteristic of drawing heavily in the own experience for the plots, settings, and characters in his works. ... This story's characters weren't from his own experiences, like most of his stories were, but the setting being at the Ebro was considering Hemingway had visited Spain three ...

• Word Count: 710
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

In "In Another Country" the characters display a more human quality of emotion, where as Santiago seems to have a super-human restraint and is always stoic. Hemingway uses most every kind of literary device imaginable in his writing. ... When you truly look at the character of Ernest Hemingway he was not quite as great a man as the world believes. ...

• Word Count: 725
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte's wildly passionate best-selling literary masterpiece, written in 1847, is still considered one of the greatest romantic books ever written about the eternal love between two soul mates, an adopted gypsy boy Heathcliff and manor-born Cathy. ... The characters within the story are truly fascinating, since they have numerous characteristic aspects. ... The central characters in the book are all likeable people. ... (Dickens, Charles) Today, Lucie Manette would by no means be taken seriously as a believable, even likable character. ... It is actually doome...

• Word Count: 1181
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The character of the older waiter and his response to the younger waiter's treatment of the old deaf man as well as his account of his loneliness are major contributors to this story's theme: with age comes loneliness'. Although the characters of the deaf man and the young waiter are important parts of the story because they are personalities the older waiter uses to tell his account of his loneliness, the character of the older waiter contributes most to the overall theme. ... Hemingway chose this character to tell his story because this man is the transitional character of ...

• Word Count: 1075
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

Critical Analysis The "Three Day Blow" by Ernest Hemingway starts off in a forest type area. Nick is trying to get to his friend Bill's cabin. It was a very windy day. Finally Nick found his friend Bill and they both went inside the cabin. Bill's father was outside hunting. They were left al...

• Word Count: 726
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Hemingway also uses various hidden examples of symbolism in "Hills Like White Elephants" to concur with the themes and outlooks of the characters. ... As we eavesdrop on the ongoing conversation between the two characters, power shifts back and forth in the verbal tug-of-war, and towards the end, seems that the woman has not only gained control but also ultimately made her decision. ...

• Word Count: 1134
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate