“the Snows Of Kilimanjaro And Other Stories” By Ernest Hemingway Book Question?

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1. Mhaerie says:

   February 17, 2010 at 10:02 PM

   Here are some webpages that are really helpful: (***You will need to remove all spaces from the following links or they won’t work***)
   About the short stories: http://www.cliffsnotes.com/ WileyCDA/LitNote/ Hemingway-s-Short-Stories. id-10,pageNum-3.html
   Excerpts:
   In the beginning, Hemingway wrote about himself, and he would continue to write himself into all, or most, of his characters until his death.
   Hemingway’s genius as an American original was evident long before he produced his novels that are today considered masterpieces of American literature. Both critics and readers have hailed his short stories as proof that a pure, true American literature was finally possible.
   Hemingway’s writing style in the Short Stories: http://www.cliffsnotes.com/ WileyCDA/LitNote/ Hemingway-s-Short-Stories. id-10,pageNum-70.html
   Excerpts:
   From the beginning of his writing career in the 1920s, Hemingway’s writing style occasioned a great deal of comment and controversy. Basically, a typical Hemingway novel or short story is written in simple, direct, unadorned prose. Possibly, the style developed because of his early journalistic training. The reality, however, is this: Before Hemingway began publishing his short stories and sketches, American writers affected British mannerisms.
   Hemingway took great pains with his work; he revised tirelessly. “A writer’s style,” he said, “should be direct and personal, his imagery rich and earthy, and his words simple and vigorous.” Hemingway more than fulfilled his own requirements for good writing. His words are simple and vigorous, burnished and uniquely brilliant.
   Themes of the Short Stories: http://www.cliffsnotes.com/ WileyCDA/LitNote/ Hemingway-s-Short-Stories. id-10,pageNum-57.html
   In his novels and especially in his short stories, Hemingway often uses mountains to symbolize goodness, the purity, and cleanness, and he uses the plains as a symbol of evil and confusion. This contrast has often been commented on by Hemingway scholars.
   Not surprisingly, because death is at the core of this story, one of the central themes that occurs again and again in Hemingway’s stories and novels is man’s direct encounter with death or with approaching death. Whether a man is in war and on the battlefield (as Nick Adams is in several stories; as are Hemingway heroes in his novels A Farewell to Arms, For Whom the Bell Tolls, and parts of The Sun Also Rises) or facing death (as Nick Adams is when he is severely wounded in “A Way You’ll Never Be” and “In Another Country”), or on big game hunts, facing charging animals (as Francis Macomber is in “A Short Happy Life”), the theme of man’s direct encounter with death is always pivotal to the story. Death is always present as Hemingway examines how man reacts and behaves in the face of death.
   Hope this helps! Best wishes to you!
2. Knowledge is Power. says:

   February 17, 2010 at 11:13 PM

   Ernest Hemingway
   A Clean, Well-Lighted Place
   A Farewell to Arms
   For Whom the Bell Tolls
   The Garden of Eden
   Hills Like White Elephants
   In Another Country
   In Our Time
   The Killers
   The Old Man and the Sea
   The Short, Happy Life of Francis Macomber
   The Snows of Kilimanjaro
   The Sun Also Riseshttp://litsum.com/author/