Hemingway

Do you ever wonder what war truly does to a person? What all that death and destruction can do to a person's mind? Throughout several stories told of war, this question is explored. Two of these stori…

In Another Country by Ernest Hemingway is a unique story that gives you insight into Hemingway's everyday life. Due to a knee injury caused at war, he is in recovery at a hospital. Hemingway meets thr…

Life goes on, it doesn't stop for anybody. Some choose to sit and watch it go by, others live it to the fullest. In the process many die, leaving their remainders alone feeling empty. The loved ones l…

Love and war - one of the many binary oppositions present in Ernest Hemmingway's "A Very Short Story." In order to procure a proper understanding of this, one must first establish a solidified foundat…

Ernest Hemingway presents the determination and perseverance of the old man, Santiago, who eventually feels exhausted, tells himself that he must fight through the pain and bear with it as a genuine m…

Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms is a story about a soldier (Henry) and a nurse (Catherine) who fall in love, despite the hardships of the war setting that is around them. Throughout the story, readers/…

In Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea, Santiago, an elderly and unlucky fisherman, is often pitied and made fun of by the other fishermen in his village. Although he faces many challenges, he …

Many people when they read Hemingway tend to look at his writing style or the depressing meaning behind the stories to understand his writing but, the dialogue in Hemingway's short stories, make it mo…

"When you read a short story, you come out a little more aware and a little more in love with the world around you." - George Saunders Before starting this semester I didn't know much about short sto…

A quote from Gertrude Stein, the person who coined the term "Lost Generation," says, "That is what you are. That's what you all are...All of you young people who served in the war. You are a lost gene…