Ernest Hemingway Essay

In the book "Between the Savior and the Sea", Peter, or Simon, faces many struggles. But dealing with these difficulties, he is able to strengthen his faith and become a better leader. Faced with abandoning his job, denying Jesus, and temptation from the devil, he passed all of them. Although he was just an ordinary fisherman in the beginning of the story, he grows into a strong, devoted, and faithful apostle of Jesus. The book starts off with Simon trying to catch fish in the middle of the…

The narrator of William Carlos Williams’ “Danse Russe” is presumably the head of a household—a husband and a father to two children. If asked to describe him, one would most likely admit that he is middle-aged, seemingly successful and happy, a bit reserved. These assumptions that he is middle-aged can be rooted in the fact that the narrator has a wife and two children, as seen when he states, “…when my wife is sleeping / and the baby and Kathleen / are sleeping” (“Danse Russe” 1-3), which…

Herman Melville's classic novel, Moby Dick, is a well-known tale describing how vengeance ultimately leads to despair and death. The book takes a very critical look at its characters motivations and its overlying message extends far beyond its plot. The novel primarily focuses on the titular whale and the man hunting it, the rest of the characters upstaged by the themes expressed by the duo. The author's most intricate character, by far, has to be the forceful To summarize the events up the…

“There are three things that are brothers: my two hands and the fish.” Santiago, or the old man, states this in the beginning of his voyage with the mighty marlin. This begins to develop the theme of Santiago’s relationship with nature. In my opinion, the best theme in the story. In the beginning, it is briefly mentioned that some of Santiago’s, or the old man’s, fellow fisherman disrespected nature. Santiago had a positive relationship with nature. He had no trouble sleeping outside because he…

Contrary to the popular belief that soldiers are heroic and masculine, in Catch 22, soldiers are depicted as weak and afraid of fighting. Yossarian and his troops avoid fighting by taking multiple trips to Rome and the hospital. The indifference of the characters towards the army, as well as the literary use of paradoxes, and the disorganization of the chapters, impresses upon the reader that the novel Catch 22 is a comical satirization of war. Emphasized throughout the novel, is the troop’s…

Cuban Literature At first glance, Cuban literature may seem edgy or even quirky with its selection of settings and objects, but upon analyzing deeper, it is clear that Cuban poetry and literature is depressing and distressing, Themes of oppression and immigration surge through the literature of the region, developed by other literary devices, but why? Cuba, under the rule of Fidel Castro, is a downcast nation. The influence of the dictatorship is clear in Cuban poetry through theme, diction,…

The bullfight, as it is rehearsed today, includes proficient toreros (of whom the most senior, who really kills the bull, is known as a bullfighter) who execute different formal moves which have an importance, or if nothing else a name, as indicated by the matador's style or school. It has been asserted that toreros look to evoke motivation and craftsmanship from their work and an enthusiastic association with the group transmitted through the bull. The nearby closeness puts the matador at some…

The life and works of Edwin Hubble Edwin Hubble was born november 20, 1889, in Marshfield Missouri. When he was a child he loved both books and sports.He had a chance to be a boxer but instead chose to be a scientist/ astronomer. He is famous for many discoveries and tools used today. He before becoming a scientist he was in a war of some sort I believe it to be world war 1. He also i’m sad to tell later in life had some medical problems which resulted in his death. When he was young he was a…

Hills Like White Elephants: Analysis In this short video, a man and a woman are portrayed at a train station, waiting for their train to arrive. While they wait, they converse with each other and have a few drinks. During their conversation, there were several clues that I noticed with nonverbal and verbal communication. Each of them communicated very differently, but neither of them were very effective in the ways that they communicated or approached topics. I will break up the story into…

Ritualism is apparent in Hemingway’s short story “Big Two-Hearted River” with regards to Nick’s interactions with the river and nature. Through my Christian background, I recognize that this ritualism also is evidently involved with the sacrament of baptism and the Eucharist. As we discussed in class, Nick is injured due to a battle and is now attempting to recovering from that wound. However, William Bysshe Stein argues that Nick is also “afflicted by a graver injury, an acute disunity of…