Essays on Ernest Hemingway

HILLS LIKE ELEPHANTS. THE MAIN IDEA OF THE STORY AND ITS CONFLICTS.

Introduction:

background on both authors and texts

Summary of the text

Thesis statement: Jig and Paul being characters of different stories by different authors revolt against norms of the American patriarchal society in the first half of the 20th century.

The topic of homosexuality and alienation of the main character in “Paul’s Case”

Examples and explanations Summary of the issues discussed in the story and conclusion Difficulties of communication Examples and explanations summary of gender roles in the story

Symbols used in the story and their explanation

Examples and discussion Summary of use of form and content of the story Issues discussed in the story Discussion of the issues Summary of discussed issues ...

HILLS LIKE ELEPHANTS. THE MAIN IDEA OF THE STORY AND ITS CONFLICTS.

Introduction:

background on author and text

Summary of the text

Thesis statement: In his short story, Hemingway discusses such issues as gender role, drugs and alcohol and so forth. Difficulties of communication Examples and explanations summary of gender roles in the story

Symbols used in the story and their explanation

Examples and discussion Summary of use of form and content of the story Issues discussed in the story Discussion of the issues Summary of discussed issues Conclusion. Hills Like Elephants. The main idea of the story and its conflicts. "Hills Like White Elephants" written by Ernest Hemingway was first published ...

I chose to write a literary essay based on a story “The Snows of Kilimanjaro” written by genius American author Ernest Hemmingway because I have always admired the originality of his works and the unique style of their composition. While writing this paper I have consulted such sources as Oliver Evans “The Snows of Kilimanjaro: A Revaluation” (1961), Ernest Hemmingway “The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories” (2014), Michael Hollister “Analysis of “The Snows of Kilimanjaro” (2015), Nicole Smith “Analysis of The Snows of Kilimanjaro by Ernest Hemingway: Major Themes Explored” (15 Jan. 2012), Arthur Waldhorn “A reader’s ...

Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald's creative works can be called "parallel", as both writers worked at the same time - "Jazz Age". Many different critics still discuss their works, citing the numerous common characteristics and similarities. Of course, their technique and literary devices differ and are unique. At the same time, some of the characters, concepts, and problems have similar features. For example, one can compare the value of freedom, which penetrates many writings of these brilliant authors. The theme of the "lost generation" sounds in the early works of E. Hemingway. In the novel The Sun Also ...

The famous antiwar novel by Ernest Hemingway “A Farewell to Arms” was filmed several times ("A Farewell to Arms (1932)", n.d.). Frank Borzage released a classical film adaptation in 1932, which has been awarded with two Oscars. The book was imbued with hatred for the war, to all those who unleashed it, as well as an unquenchable thirst for life. The text of the novel is incredibly sincere and true due to the fact the writer himself has passed the World War I (Hemingway as his character served as a lieutenant in the Italian Red Cross corps). Military experience ...

Ernest Hemingway is one of those artists, who like to expose themselves any way they like. Hemingway often used irony in his writings when depicting characters, which had life stories full of muddle and difficulties. Not many writers can boast of such an innovation brought to literature, but William Dean Howells can. He began as a critic, and later became a novelist – he is considered the champion of literary realism, who depicted each aspect of society without any embellishment. He sought to pass his own impressions to readers, to arouse their imagination and feelings – the same ones as Howells ...

English

Determining the extent to which the couple in the story reflects actual male/female relationships among Americans (and Europeans) in the bohemian world of Europe between World War I and World War II. The relationship between males and females is a complex maze. In the short story "Hills Like White Elephants" by Ernest Hemingway this issue has been present in a telling manner. The story though reflects the relationships then. It also depicts what many of people go through presently. The story presents a foreign couple in Spain who face several decisive challenges. As the couple interacts, we are exposed ...

Ever since I was little, I have had the passion for reading and writing, which expresses adamant desire to read compelling books. In case I find a book, which I cannot keep down, I have had the tendency to find other books by the same author with the perception of reading for hours. From reading books and novels, I have had the opportunity to enhance my understanding of diverse issues and concepts such as settings and characterizations. One of the writers with the greatest influence on the development of my reading and writing passion is Ernest Hemingway. Secondly, Ernest ...

Ernest Hemingway

Ernest Hemingway The first leadership quality of Ernest Hemingway is the time management and the way he describes is to show your work instead of doing the talking. The leader must focus on the actual needs and the requirements to achieve the targets as compared to wasting the time in the team meetings or visiting the relevant parties. For example, in the entire life of Ernest Hemingway, he never talked about the difficulties or problems he is facing during his writings. He strongly believed that the professionals must work hard to achieve the goals. (Byer, 2013) Another important feature ...

Question 1. “The Lost Generation". The Lost Generation is a group of writers who came in during World War I to express their disappointment with the World War I era. The Lost Generation comprised of writers like Ernest Hemingway, Edith Wharton, Scott Fitzgerald, Sinclair Lewis and John Dos Passos. The Lost Generation felt that they were being alienated from the society; therefore, they decided to escape and criticize the alienation. Some of the members of the Lost Generation literally escaped. The Lost Generation writers lived an immigrant life in Paris and others went to Berlin or Rome. The Lost ...

Introduction

Ernest Hemingway is one of the most popular writers of all times. He works continue to special values to the readers and to scholars alike. Hemmingway was born on the 21st July 1899 in Illinois. He was the second child of six children (Rivers 2013). Oddly, Ernest’s mother preferred to dress him in a manner that was similar to his sisters (Rivers 2013), but this did not impact his life as an adult. As a young man, he was one of those honorable men who served his country in World War 1. Later Hemmingway worked as a journalist ...

The objective of this paper is to analyze and examine, through words, Ernest Hemingway’s style of writing. When it comes to analyzing a literature author’s writing style, the critic can pertain to a lot of things such as, but may not be limited to the choice of words, syntax and sentence structure, rhythm, point of view, emotion, rhetorical strategy, purpose, tone, and the use of figures of speech. Ernest Hemingway is one of the most remarkable American authors. In this paper, evidences from two of his most popular works namely the Hills like White Elephants and A ...

Discovering fiction

Langston Hughes in "Thank You, Ma'am" and Ernest Hemingway in "A Day's Wait" depict a short period of time from the life of two young boys – Roger and Schatz. Roger is trying to steal a purse from an old lady, but instead he receives a valuable life lesson. Schatz is a young boy, who is ill, and has to lie in bed with influenza. He is informed by the doctor that his temperature is one hundred and two degrees, and the boy has to spend a day thinking that he is going to die. Then his father tells him ...

There are many people who had influence of the modern history, art, literature, science, music, and technology. However, the most influential person can be defined as a person who changed the course of history and left a heritage of good ideas changing the human course of history in a positive manner. People who deserve the place in the hall of the most influential people of 20th century are Albert Einstein, Steve Jobs, and Mohandas Gandhi. These individual managed to made extraordinary changes in their fields of work and broader. Even today, they shape our thoughts, influence our everyday life, ...

The color White is the symbol in the poem “For Once, Then, Something” written by Robert Frost. For many of the cultures and people, White represents virtues as purity, innocence, clarity, truth and goodness. Frost rebukes ‘something white’ undermined by the ripple emanating from a single drop of water. ‘Something white’ refers to truth. The poet is trying to tell us that an attempt should be made to decipher beyond illusions and outwardly appearances and seek out the truth.

But truth is never an absolute rather it is a relative. The subject mulls over what he sees and wonders whether he ...

The short story, ‘Hills like white elephants’ utilizes heavy use literary elements to convey the theme of the story, while managing to keep the reader captivated by story trying to deduce further meaning to its conclusion. The author uses the setting of the story to draw a deeper meaning to the story thus enhancing the ability of the reader to comprehend the situation the couple faces without using express language (Koloze, 2005).

The story is set in a train station where a couple sits drinking bear while waiting for their train. The setting in the context of this story is important. ...

Ernes Hemingway is known as perfect stylist within the field of modern American literature that is demonstrated though such example as the current story. The ‘Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber” includes such themes as fear, courage, emancipation and the statement of manhood. This story is written from the third person and it has three separate parts. The story has a lot of mystifications and the hidden mystery that reveals itself only in the final part of the story.

The first section introduces the three main characters: Francis Macomber, his wife Margaret that is referred to as Margot and ...

The early 1900s was a turbulent era for America. As World War I raged in Europe, the Spanish flu ravaged nations and communities around the world, leading to the death of millions, and becoming one of the deadliest natural disasters in the history of mankind. While America dealt with the aftermath of prohibition and the Great Depression, Russia and Ireland were engulfed in civil war, leading to major political shifts that reverberated throughout the Western hemisphere. It is no wonder, then, that some historians and scholars refer to this decade as “The Crazy Years” (Lamb 195). The sentiments of ...

Plot of the Story

Hills like white elephants is s story happening at the train station surrounded by natural beauty at a hill in Spain. The man who is called "American" is waiting with his girlfriend in a bench for a train to Madrid. As the man orders beers, the girl remarks the hills to look like white elephants as he comments; he has not seen one ever. The get drunk, and The American says he wants a girl to have an operation, to which the girl asks what will happen to her after that. She agrees on the condition that as the operation finishes they ...

Literature: Big Two-Hearted River part I and II

‘Big Two-Hearted River’, a short story by American writer Ernest Hemingway, consisting of two parts, was firstly published in 1925, in the ‘In our time’ edition, which appeared to be the first American collection of his short stories. Simple on the surface, the plot, however, hides a complicated story of the process of healing through the contact and blending with the nature, the main motive force in the narration.

The story describes a soldier, Nick Adams, who having returned to his native place, after suffering the post-traumatic stress syndrome from the World War I, finds courage and strength to ...

Ernest Hemingway is one of the celebrated modern American writers in the realm of World literature who has every privilege to be called a legend. He has authored a number of diverse narratives and short stories. He is famous for his two main and critically acclaimed novels, A Farewell to Arms and For Whom the Bell Tolls. Both the novels project the war heroes, the passionate love and the inevitable climaxes that draw in wide public attention. One who reads the novels of Hemingway finds in him a superb craftsman, a great story- teller and also a thinker who has striven to give artistic ...

Introduction

War is truly a very terrible thing. It has a lot of confounding effects on every person who is involved. Some individuals take war well. Others undergo very horrible experiences as a result of war such that they are scarred for life. These people are still haunted by the effects of war even when the war ends and they return home. A lot of stories about the disastrous effects of war have been written by many authors. Tim O’Brien’s “How to Tell a True War Story" and Ernest Hemingway’s “Soldier’s Home” are examples of such stories. ...

- Robins, G. “Understanding Ancient Egyptian Art”. The Art of Ancient Egypt by Robins. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 2000. 12-29. Ancient Egyptian Art continued essentially unaltered throughout the long history of the Ancient Egyptians. In order therefore to be able to understand it, one should learn about the functions and techniques of art in Ancient Egypt but also about the religious and cosmological beliefs of the Ancient Egyptians. Robins, places Ancient Egyptian art into its cultural, social and religious context and thus allows the reader to fully comprehend it. As we have covered Ancient Egyptian and ...

Introduction

Ernest Miller Hemingway was born in July 21, 1899, Oak Park, Illinois. He was an American writer and journalist. Most of his works were fiction characterized by mainly economy and understatements. Owing to his profession of being a journalist he was also an adventurous person. He did his production in the 20th century (the mid 1920s and also mid 1950s). He ventured into journalism after finishing school where he worked for The Kansas City Star. Afterwards he left for the Italian font where he became an ambulance driver during World War I. This is what led to the production of ...

Introduction

“Soldier’s Home” is an excellent story by renowned American author Earnest Hemingway. The story was written and published in the year 1925 as a part of Story collection, “In Our Time”. The story is a century old but is still read and liked by readers in same spirit. The author, Earnest Hemingway is one of the brightest stars of American literary world. He was born in the year 1899 in Oak Park community, Chicago. Hemingway was born in an educated, respectable and reputed family of Oak Park. Hemingway’s father was a physician and mother was a musician. Hemingway was very active ...

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Cat in the rain Nobel Prize-winning American author Ernest Hemingway left a powerful and versatile creative heritage. Writer gives deep and talented analysis and recreates the contradictions of life in every short story. Multi-million readerships admire books written by Ernest Hemingway. In addition, the creative legacy of Hemingway is mastered in different forms of literary analysis. Critics highlight writer’s creative style, his work materials, correlate all this and more with the world of literature for a more complete mastery of spiritual attainment left by Hemingway. Reading Hemingway it is easy to notice that selfish cowards, in fact, cannot love. ...

Ernest Hemingway was born at Oak Park, Michigan in 1899 to educated parents. His working musician mother taught him music while his doctor father introduced him to the world of the “great outdoors.” Hemingway’s father was instrumental instilling a passion for hunting and fishing. Since childhood Hemingway pursued essentially manly pursuits like boxing and hunting. He was enthralled by bullfighting which to him was a mixture of sport and hunting. Hemingway disliked anything effeminate therefore he hated his name Ernest which reminded Hemingway of the effeminate hero of Oscar Wilde’s play “The Importance of Being Ernest.” In the words ...

The little short story was written by Hemingway expressing her worries and doubts. The short story is a letter to an unknown doctor in which Hemingway believes he would save her. The story talks about the engagement to a man from United States three years ago. After involving herself in a relationship, her lover was transferred from America to china because of job purposes. Unluckily, they could not travel together and Hemingway was left behind. In her letter, she illustrates her disappointments after the return of her man from china three years later. She is confused and wonders what she could do ...

- Brief Introduction - Analysis of A Clean and Well-Lighted Place by Ernest Hemingway - Analysis of The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry - Analysis of The Storm by Kate Chopin - Conclusion Within the story, lies the dark theme of death and loneliness which is portrayed by the old customer who only exists in despair despite his wealth and providing a brief description of the author’s life, having a physical defect (deafness) and living in old age. The old and the young waiter were the author’s representation of himself as a youth ...

Hemmingway will teach us a lot on the things that happen in our modern lives. Hemmingway’s books are considered as empathic, illuminating and humorous. Ernest Hemmingway is considered as the most famous novelists in English Literature. He was both a novelist and public figure. Hemingway inspired many people; he lived an exuberant masculinity life that included big game hunting and he celebrated boxing, hunting, witch-hunting and welfare in pursuit of respect. Hemingway’s readings are practical in the contemporary time. His women seemed the projections of male needfulness. The book contains many examples of anti-Semitism, and it openly denigrates ...

In The Sun Also Rises, Ernest Hemmingway adopts the use of simple language to explore the ravages of World War I through his main character Jake. Interestingly, Hemmingway does not succumb to the temptation of using colorful adjectives to describe his characters and the events narrated in the novel. Instead, Hemmingway uses short and direct phrases that leave the reader in suspense. In addition, the style makes the writer omit many details that would have otherwise been useful in dissecting his characters as well as the themes and motifs discussed in the novel. Nonetheless, the style is likeable for ...

The Sun Also Rises is Ernest Hemingway's novel, written in 1926. Based on real events that occurred in the life of the author.Hemingway began the novel "The Sun Also Rises (Fiesta)" on July 21, and finished the first version of the September 6, 1925, but it took a thorough revision of the text; novel came out (Charles Scribner's publishing house) October 22, 1926 and immediately became a literary sensation. Difficult innovative novel, it is not simple ideology caused still unsolved disputes of literary critics. Gradually there were two major and opposite by the content views on the novel. Carlos Baker, ...

1. Introduction Based on the case study on Hemingway College, Catherine Barkley, the manager of purchasing and accounts, are to provide recommendations to the Vice President of finance regarding the final stage of implementation of the new Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system in the college. For implementing the ERP systems in time, Catherine is left with two options, first one is to use the existing staff in addition to a few temporary employees for completing the work. Second option before her is far more expensive and it is to hire consultants from the company that provides ERP systems for ...

Critical analysis

Ernest Hemingway is probably one of the most outstanding and influential authors in the history of the American literature. He is famous for such novels as “Moveable Feast” , “Farewell to Arms”, “The Old Man and the Sea”, however, he has also proved to be a talented author of short stories. “Men without Women” is his second collection of short stories, which include fourteen narratives. This volume is a good example of Hemingway’s talent and genius as it represents traits of his unique writing style such as conciseness, attention to details, symbolism and somewhat implicit dialogues. ‘’Hills like white Elephants” is ...

Hemingway, Ernest. A Farewell To Arms.1995. Scenes depicting the horrors faced in the Great War are evident in Ernest Hemingway’s “A Farewell to Arms.” The book contains five sections and provides a systematic narration of the life of one Mr. Frederick Henry. Serving as an ambulance driver with the Italian army during the First World War, the narrative shows Henry's quest to balance a love life and the ongoing war. Frederick Henry’s occupation as an ambulance driver exposes his character to many violent events that later lead to trauma. With Barkley, Henry attempts to find happiness and love ...

Literature reflects the values and issues of the culture that produced it. Reading stories and poetry from different generations helps one to gain a better understanding of the period it was written, and offers a glimpse into history. Throughout American history literature has been used as an outlet for analyzing or commentating on societal issues and promoting change. Reviewing the literature produced at different times during America’s history can offer an enlightening perspective of the changes that occurred in American culture as well as which values and societal topics were important at different times. For example, American literature offers a creative ...

“Write drunk, edit sober” is a much quoted advice given by Ernest Miller Hemingway – American author and journalist, who belongs to the ‘Lost Generation’. Was it his motto? Was alcohol, along with nourishing meal, very important in the author’s life and writing career? Indeed, the protagonists of Hemingway’s novels and short stories on some level reflect his own life and habits – they loved, fought and drank very hard. A Moveable Feast is a memoir about Hemingway’s years spent in Paris during the early to mid-1920s after World War I. It gives a detailed description of the author’s ...

Ernest Hemingway's “Soldier’s Home” tells the story of a young soldier, Harold Krebs, recently returns from World War I. Krebs returns to his parents home while he attempts to figure out what he wants to do with his life after the war. The reader first sees that the war has a profound impact on Krebs as he cannot readjust to the middle-class life he once knew. The situation is dramatic at best as his mother and father believe that he can re-integrate into the society as though he does not suffer the hardships of the war. Hemingway does not tell ...

While Ernest Hemingway is commonly associated with living the masculine ideal, in many of his stories he shows a more tenuous grasp of gender roles than one might think a man nicknamed “Papa” who spent his life pursuing such adventures would hold. Hemingway drove an ambulance in a civil war that did not even involve his country; he was a huge fan of bullfights; he was an even bigger fan of hunting. However, such characters as Lady Brett Ashley, whose very name shows a diagonal meandering across gender lines, is a woman who acts like a stereotypical man in terms of her sexual appetites and emotional ...

The following paper is a case analysis of Ernest Hemingway’s bipolar disorder. The paper uses a psychodynamic model to discuss treatment, symptoms, and diagnosis. The case study uses the concepts of abnormal psychology to trace the etiology of a mood disorder beyond just the vestiges of uncommon behavior. The paper argues that he suffered from a mood disorder. His problems were exacerbated by alcoholism and a tendency to exhibit bipolar mood swings that contributed to his suicide. He was most likely motivated to rescue himself from an overprotective mother and a cold and disciplinarian father. The task of the psychoanalyst is to help ...

The short story “Hills Like White Elephants” by Ernest Hemingway tells the tale of Jig and the American, two characters with a great deal of ambiguity and complexity arguing about an implicit conflict of which the audience is given very few details. By keeping the nature of their conflict and relationship ambiguous, Hemingway allows the audience to fill in the blanks with their own biases, prejudices, and interpretations. While there are many different interpretations available for “Hills Like White Elephants,” the most plausible explanation is that Jig and the American are (or were) in a relationship, Jig is pregnant, and the ...

“Nick stood up. He was all right. He looked up the track at the lights of the caboose going out of sight around a curve," are the words Ernest Hemingway’s “The Battler” begins with. From the first sentences, it becomes apparent who is the main character of "The Battler.” Moreover, Nick Adams is a protagonist of a series of Ernest Hemingway stories. For the first time “The Battler” was published in 1925 and it was a part of the collection entitled “In Our Time." In spite of being protagonist, Nick is not the only person this story is about. He is an ...

Introduction

Hills Like White Elephants is a popular American short story by American author, Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961). Hemmingway wrote and published the story in his 1927 collection of short stories titled Men Without Women. The story bears many autobiographical elements of Hemingway’s life as he struggled to build lifelong relationships. It is a popular story in American schools thanks to a captivating plot, setting, characters, use of imagery and its exposition of common societal themes.

Setting

The story is set at a train station surrounded by fields, trees, hills and a valley in Spain. The place is the Ebro River valley in Spain. It features a ...

An analysis of the relation between the narrative elements and theme in the short story “Hills like White Elephants” by Ernest Hemmingway “Hills like White Elephants” is one of Ernest Hemingway's most popular short stories. It deals with one of the most debated social issue in the society. The writer presents the social issue of abortion through the characters Jig and the American. The writer uses the characters, the setting, and the symbolic references to bring out the theme in the story. Hemmingway skillfully weaves an ambiguous web that leaves the readers to draw their personal conclusions about ...

Literature review of “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn”

“The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” (1885) – is an outstanding novel by Mark Twain. Once Ernest Hemingway stated: "All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn All American writing comes from that. There was nothing before. There has been nothing as good since" (Esther, “What Have Writers Said About Huckleberry Finn?”). Hemingway was referring to the broadest aspect of the impact of the Twain`s novel: its democracy and humanity, its versatility, and a new language for literature, simple and as close to the spoken language. All these characteristics became common for American literature of ...

English: Essay

Response Essay on

The short story “The Old Man at the Bridge” is written by Ernest Miller Hemingway and describes the story of an old man and a storyteller during the Spanish Civil War. The writer himself the narrator of the story relates his experiences of working as a war correspondent for North American Newspapers Association. For this particular event, the writer preferred to write a short story instead of writing a report. In this paper, an effort has been made to write a response essay covering the major themes of the story. The story deals with an event during the Spanish Civil ...

“Cat in the Rain” by Ernest Hemingway

The title of the story “Cat in the Rain” by Ernest Hemingway carries an inner meaning besides its literal meaning of cat in the rain. Hemingway uses iceberg theory to fix a title for his story. The title has a meaning outwardly and has a deep meaning behind it. Even though, the story says the incident when a cat caught in the rain, the protagonist of the story indirectly refers to the title by confronting the element of confinement that resembles the cat. Thus, the title signifies nothing but the American Woman. “Cat in the Rain has two points of view: full omniscient ...

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Ernest Hemingway was a recognized genius in the field of literary pieces and poetry works. One of the remarkable poems written Hemingway was the poem titled Advice to a Son. This explication paper digs deeper into the elements present in the said poem. Advice to a Son was written by Hemingway in 1931. The main purpose of the author in writing this poem is to offer his son some truths and insights concerning the callous realities of living. Hemingway reflected on society and the way people seek out opportunities to improve their living. For Hemingway, the world is a dangerous ...

Ernest Hemingway’s first novel The Sun Also Rises has received immense critical attention, ever since its arrival on the literary scene. While the novel has met with its fair share of harsh, dismissive criticism, as those of the early readers: "Here is a book which, like its characters, begins nowhere and ends in nothing"; "a most unpleasant book"; "raw satire"; "entirely out of focus”1 and even of Hemingway’s mother, who reflected upon the characters as "utterly degraded people" and that the novel might better have never been written2, The Sun Also Rises has invited applaud and appreciative critical ...

Organization

Abstract This essay pertains to the observations and findings of the readers of the short story “Hills Like White Elephants” by Ernest Hemingway. The author has portrayed the concept of “conflict” in the process of communication with the help of contrasting visual imagery and crisp dialogues. This essay discusses the subtle forms of expressions which the author has used to convey his message.

Introduction:

In the short story, “Hills Like White Elephants”, the author has depicted the conflicts that may arise when two people, nurturing different ideologies, try to communicate their differences. (Pritchett) At the onset of the story, ...

Symbolism is an important aspect of literature that most writers use to bring out their point. There is however a big difference on how symbolism was used in ancient literature and how it is currently being used. This is simply because of the changing times as well as the influences that come with technology. The essence of literature is to point out issues that are affecting the society with the aim of creating a lasting solution to them. It should also be noted that modernity has come up with a different breed of writers who have taken a different approach to literature. Even ...

The film Trainspotting (1996), which was based on the book of the same name, was about a group of drug addicts in the depressed areas of Edinburgh (Böckenfeld). It follows the lead character, Mark Renton, and his friends as they explore the urban areas of Edinburgh which are plagued with poverty and squalor. Although the film was mainly about the highs and lows of drug addicts, their circle of friends, lies and deceit, the film had a number of economic themes which were very historic. One thing that was a bit awkward about the film was how the main character ...

As one of the most important writers of the 20th century, Ernest Hemingway provided many innovations in the way poems and prose were written and read. One of the most important theories that have been developed by Hemingway in his writings is the ‘iceberg theory’, or ‘theory of omission,’ which alludes to his minimalist, almost workmanlike prose, which nonetheless manages to obscure a great deal of thematic depth below the surface. The iceberg theory is found throughout his works, as Hemingway’s prose just discusses what is right at the plot surface of the events unfolding in his stories, but ...

Introduction

Our daily existence is an uphill fight to acquire that which we need. Failure to do so means a threatened existence and imminent death. However, the situation may not be as grim as that because of the organized nature of the contemporary society, especially for someone with a livelihood. The novel by Ernest Hemmingway tells tale of a man who has to find to feed. It narrates of a man who has to fight opposing forces in order to hold on to his dear life, lest he be consumed by hunger. Even in the sorry state that the old man in the novel ...

Corporate governance relies on how capable management and the board are in coordinating the interests of constituents who comprise of employees, shareholders and the community (Freeman, 1984; Adams and Ferreira, 2007, pp.220). In recent years, the issue of shareholder primacy has brought about a debate on whether company management should focus on shareholder wealth maximization or should also encompass other constituents. Managers should aim at fulfilling their obligations to an constituents and as such should not leave their personal values at home. Kluckhohn (1951, pp.389) defines values as desirable concepts that guide individuals in the selection of actions, evaluation ...

Hemingway is considered one of the greatest writers of all time, and a master of the short story. In the short story “Hills Like White Elephants,” Hemingway examines a number of important literary themes, delving deep into the human psyche and consciousness. Hemingway’s “Hills Like White Elephants” touches on the lives of two characters, an American and a woman named Jig. The two sit in a Spanish restaurant, drinking beer and talking past each other about Jig’s unplanned pregnancy. The story revolves around the conversation that the two have in the restaurant, illustrating some of the painful truths that Hemingway observed ...

Introduction

In the opening of the story, Hemmingway begins with a short pitch epigraph, an observation of a lone dried leopard carcass that sought the tip of Mount Kilimanjaro, which the Maasai call "Ngaje Ngai," meaning the House of God (Hemingway, 2004). Harry, a writer, attempted to return the virtues of honesty, hard work, and struggles as a step in the right direction through his African safari. His previous life was characterized by luxury, idleness, and procrastination. The writer has lived under his wife’s (Helen) wealth, which has made him decline in his artistic work. The theme of self-pity and frustration are the ...

Introduction

The ability to convey information through exchange of messages or thoughts is enhanced by a good understanding of English grammar. Writing as a medium of communication is complement to the spoken language or speech. Writing is basically a powerful tool for studying since it plays critical role in education. Among the benefits of writing include generating new ideas, helping us to both absorb and master fresh information, and discover what we know. A number of English textbooks have in one way or another improved the use of English grammar in both writing and speaking among many students. One of these books is “ ...

Ernest Hemingway's short story "Hills Like White Elephants" follows two conflicted and ambiguous characters - Jig and the American. Though their primary struggle and conflict is never explicitly mentioned, it is heavily implied that these two characters were or are in a relationship, Jig is pregnant, and the American wishes for her to have an abortion. The silent treatment Jig gives the American and the passive but pleading requests made by the American are indicative of their personalities, as well as other context clues strewn throughout the short story.The short story itself is a treatise on the importance of communication in a ...

Literature

A.) Hemingway’s “The Snows of Kilimanjaro” has integrated the period of Modernism in this short story. The author used modernism to depict women as trivial and castrating (Armstrong 42). However, this issue is often questioned by the fact that it is the cultural construction of women that is at risk. The story talks about Modernism since the values and beliefs of women who wanted to stay alive as opposed to the principle of man who believes that he is destined to die on the mountain. The modern view of the protagonist Harry, who decided to live a life of ...