World War 1, also referred to as the Great War, was a wave of destruction that affected everyone either directly or indirectly. During World War 1, thousands of people died on each side. Each person who died was someone’s relative or friend. The destruction and violence that occurred in the Great War had a large impact on society. The United States was a part of the allied powers and used the military tactic of trench warfare as their main military tactic during the war. Ernest Hemingway’s In Our Time, is a novel that portrays World War 1 and its aftermath. Throughout the novel, Hemingway uses short stories separated by vignettes, or inter chapters, that are a reflection of the years during and after the war. In many of the vignettes, Hemingway
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Bullfighting in many of the vignettes throughout the novel is used as a metaphor for the Great War and reflects what many soldiers went through. In chapter XIV, Hemingway represents gore and death experienced by soldiers in bullfighting and the Great War. A bullfighter named Meara experiences dying after he gets stabbed by a bull in this chapter. Hemingway states that Meara “felt warm and sticky due to the bleeding” (131). Then, Hemingway represents the life of Meara flashing before his eyes when he states that he “felt everything getting larger and larger and then smaller and smaller. Then it got larger and larger and larger and then smaller and smaller. Then everything commenced to a run faster and faster as when they speed up a cinematography film. Then he was dead.”(131). Chapter XII, is about an exemplary bullfighter and a bull that is also a reflection of the Great War. During World War 1, enemies were fighting for a common purpose, to kill each other just like the bullfighter and the bull. However, Hemingway also uses stories about people confronting death to reflect the war. For example, chapter XV is about an execution of jailed inmates being hanged. Hemingway compares an execution in this chapter to someone walking into their own death, such as soldiers and …show more content…
In the novel, bullfighting is used as a metaphor for war. Hemingway also describes the destruction and heavy loss of human life that was a result of World War 1 and its impact on society. At the end of the novel, Hemingway also writes about a rebirth and the search of redemption that many veterans were searching for in Big Two-Hearted River Part 1 and Big Two-Hearted River Part 2. To help the reader relate to World War 1, many of the vignettes in the book are about death and destruction which is closely related to war. Do you think war still has an impact on people today? Veterans today, still deal with the same problems that Hemingway discussed in the novel. Many veterans isolate themselves from society and do not know how to cope after war. War also makes people realize that there is bad in the world. However, one of the themes of In Our Time is hope. There are always going to be wars among nations, however, people should find hope that things will get better and that they will be able to move past the effects of the
Bullfighting in many of the vignettes throughout the novel is used as a metaphor for the Great War and reflects what many soldiers went through. In chapter XIV, Hemingway represents gore and death experienced by soldiers in bullfighting and the Great War. A bullfighter named Meara experiences dying after he gets stabbed by a bull in this chapter. Hemingway states that Meara “felt warm and sticky due to the bleeding” (131). Then, Hemingway represents the life of Meara flashing before his eyes when he states that he “felt everything getting larger and larger and then smaller and smaller. Then it got larger and larger and larger and then smaller and smaller. Then everything commenced to a run faster and faster as when they speed up a cinematography film. Then he was dead.”(131). Chapter XII, is about an exemplary bullfighter and a bull that is also a reflection of the Great War. During World War 1, enemies were fighting for a common purpose, to kill each other just like the bullfighter and the bull. However, Hemingway also uses stories about people confronting death to reflect the war. For example, chapter XV is about an execution of jailed inmates being hanged. Hemingway compares an execution in this chapter to someone walking into their own death, such as soldiers and …show more content…
In the novel, bullfighting is used as a metaphor for war. Hemingway also describes the destruction and heavy loss of human life that was a result of World War 1 and its impact on society. At the end of the novel, Hemingway also writes about a rebirth and the search of redemption that many veterans were searching for in Big Two-Hearted River Part 1 and Big Two-Hearted River Part 2. To help the reader relate to World War 1, many of the vignettes in the book are about death and destruction which is closely related to war. Do you think war still has an impact on people today? Veterans today, still deal with the same problems that Hemingway discussed in the novel. Many veterans isolate themselves from society and do not know how to cope after war. War also makes people realize that there is bad in the world. However, one of the themes of In Our Time is hope. There are always going to be wars among nations, however, people should find hope that things will get better and that they will be able to move past the effects of the