Ernest J. Gaines

In the novella The Old Man and the Sea, by Ernest Hemmingway, an elderly Cuban fisherman named Santiago lives in the 1940s. After being unlucky for innumerous days, Santiago continues to venture out to sea in hopes of catching a fish. When the line begins to tug in his hand, Santiago realizes that he has caught his prize marlin, and struggles for three days to catch it. On the trip back to Havana, the trophy fish is attacked by ravenous sharks and is devoured before Santiago can kill the sharks.…

Ernest Hemingway is known for being a master of dialogue. He makes his characters speak like if they were actually real. Yet, after reading it for a couple of times and a close examination of his dialogue it reveals this is rarely the way people really speak. Ernest Hemingway was an obsessive reviser, he seeks for his point to be discovered and paints a vivid picture of the setting in the mind of the reader. In “Hills like White Elephants”, Ernest Hemingway uses the imagery of the setting to…

A Farewell to Arms is a novel by Ernest Hemingway which takes place in Italy during World War I. Readers learn of the character Frederic Henry and his lover, Catherine Barkley. Throughout the entire novel, Hemingway uses nature and weather in symbolic ways to gain the attention of readers. One of the greater symbols is the rain. Most people would agree that rain means life and that it does not have a negative symbolic use, but Hemingway uses rain as a symbol for death and despair. During the…

The Accordion’s Role in The Book Thief In the novel, The Book Thief, Hans Hubermann’s accordion plays a very important role. Hans received this accordion and learned to play the accordion from Erik Vandenburg, Max’s father. Hans and Erik quickly became good friends during their time serving in France during World War I. In Part four Chapter one, we learn that Erik was killed during the fighting in World War I. “When he tracked down the family of Erik Vandenburg in Stuttgart upon his return,…

This article “The influence of Earnest Hemingway” certainly describes the true brilliant writer he was during his time period and still remains an icon in today’s literature. Although this article focuses on the viewpoints from a variety of writers, it is mutually agreed that Hemingway is “one of the finest prose stylist” and greatest skillful master as an author. Such fine elements are clearly defined in his novel “The Old Man and the Sea”, a powerful and compact masterpiece that defines the…

“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view-until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.” This is a quote from Atticus in the story where he explains to Scout about understanding the reasons people act the way they do toward others. Resembling the quote, I chose to shadow my father. My father is a CPA and a contractor. He is a very hard worker and deals with all kinds of people from clients regarding their tax returns to sub-contractors…

The jig is a form of lively folk dance in compound meter, as well as the accompanying dance tune. In Hills Like White Elephants, jig can symbolize the fact that Ernest Hemingway dances around the topic of Jig being pregnant and deciding on whether or not to get an abortion. Another thing that the name Jig might be symbolic of is a jigsaw. A jigsaw is a tool that one uses to build things. Jig can be compared to a…

people who are against abortion for many reasons such as their faiths and values. Till this day there are many people still trying to ban abortion. “Hills Like White Elephants” by Ernest Hemingway and “Good People” by Davide Foster Wallace both take place in different time periods, “Hills Like White Elephants”, by Ernest Hemingway was written In in August 1927 and “Good People”, by David Foster Wallace was published on February 2007. Both short stories are about a man trying to have their…

Ernest Hemingway’s novel, A Farwell to Arms, exploits Catherine’s situation as a means to draw parallels to the unfortunate setting of the novel better known as the war. Throughout the novel, Hemingway takes a liking to the mounting relationship between Catherine and Frederic Henry, the protagonists of the novel. A Farwell to Arms shadows Henry’s journey to escape from the war as well as appease Catherine, who eventually transforms into the love he so desires. Desperate to preserve his…

David Savola begins his article by discussing how Hemingway’s novel, The Sun Also Rises, has yet to be analyzed for ecocriticism. He shows that The Sun Also Rises is filled with representations of the relationship between organisms and their environment, yet no one has seized the opportunity to discuss these connections in detail. In the second epigraph, Hemingway connects his novel to the environment through a quote from Ecclesiastes that reminds us nature is constant, and humans are…