Hemingway Manhood Definition

“He rose heavily to his feet, and went and stood before her. I am sorry I hurt you, he said. I shall go and pray in the church” (Paton, 40). Stephen Kumalo shows Hemingway’s definition of manhood through his ability to see he did something wrong and being able to apologize. What he did shows a lot of honor, dignity, and self control. Kumalo and his wife are given a letter from saying Gertrude is very ill and asking them to come quickly to Johannesburg. He asks his wife to bring him the money they were saving for their son’s education. His wife says “Absalom will never go now to St. Chad’s.”, He replies “How can you say that? How can you say such a thing?” She says “He is in Johannesburg. When people go to Johannesburg, they do not come back” (Paton, 38). Kumalo gets very upset at her for saying this and quickly lashes out at her. Shortly after, out of self control, he realizes what he did was wrong and apologizes for being mean. He then goes to pray in the church. Self control is a very important part of manhood in Hemingway’s definition, …show more content…
We’ve made some money.” “No, you’re with a lucky boat. Stay with them” (Hemingway, 10) Santiago gives an example of Hemingway’s manhood by behaving with honor and dignity. For forty days, Santiago fished with a boy, but after all that time without a fish, the boy’s parents had told him that the old man was salao, which is the worst form of unlucky. Even after that, Santiago continued to fish, alone. Eventually, the boy came back and told Santiago that he had made some money and he could go with Santiago again. But, the old man told him not to, because the boy was with a lucky boat. Santiago had the opportunity to not be alone, and to have the company of the boy. But, he told the boy not to come with him because he knew thats what was best for the boy. This occurrence of the manhood definition highlighted that Santiago behaves with honor and dignity, and he puts other people before