Ernest J. Gaines

Corrida The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway is a historical fiction novel about Jake Barnes and his friends.The novel takes place in France and Spain in the mid 1920s. The entire story is told from first person. The protagonist is Jake, antagonist is also Jake it is him against himself. The mood is ironic because Mr. Hemingway makes the reader think very hard about the past and what Jake must have gone through. The conflict in this book is Jake and is enablement to maintain a relationship…

transpiring between order and the disorder of the world. This created a distinction in society between an insider and an outsider. After World War I had ended, there was a great shift between pre war life, to post war life. In The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway, the protagonist Jake Barnes was a soldier in the war. He struggles with his masculinity after the war as he is surrounded by those who he believes are manlier than he is. With this constant struggle, he defines himself as the…

Arub Akram Due Date: Thursday 24th Journal 1 I am reading “The Bass, The River, and Sheila Mant” by W.D. Wetherell. The story is about a fourteen-year-old boy, with a love for fishing and a crush on the seventeen-year-old girl next door. His love for Sheila soon comes into conflict with his passion for fishing. In this Journal I will be looking at his choice between his two loves and how it turns out for him. As I go on with the story I see that the narrator has to make a choice…

Christian message: The old man struggles in the sea just like Jesus did and that is why Santiago is like a Christ figure. For example, Santiago injured his hands and that is what Christ did. Nature man: He says that the fish in the sea are his friends and also his brother. Friendship: The old man and Manolin show no matter the age you can be friends and they teach each other what they know and acknowledge each other with respect. Pride: Santiago’s pride is what gets him through the difficult…

A River Runs Through It is a novella about fly-fishing and family, told from the first-person perspective of author and major character Norman Maclean. The book is actually an autobiographical account of Maclean. Barely over one hundred pages, the book is one continuous narrative, moving from one episode of fishing to another, without separation by chapters. By describing his fishing trips and related events during the summer of 1937, a much older Maclean seeks to understand the tragedy of his…

As a writer of the Lost Generation, Ernest Hemingway wrote about many difficult human realities. In fact, throughout Hemingway’s Hills Like White Elephants, the author illustrates the theme of abortion despite its setting in 1927. Although it does not blatantly say what exactly the circumstance is that the two characters face, the use of a sense of vagueness, symbolism, characterization, and uncertain mood helps to explain the looming issue and their indecisiveness towards it. Noting that this…

Ernest Hemingway is known for his peculiar writing style that differed from most writers during his era. Many people think his words are not complex enough or too direct. Hemingway believed there was no need to use “a two dollar word when a 10 cent word will do” (Hemingway). To me, Hemingway is an exceptional writer because of his simple style and influence he has on other authors. Hemingway wrote his stories for the common man. He felt using big, fancy words was pointless when simple…

In “Hills Like White Elephants” by Ernest Hemingway his message of the story is that men control and manipulate women in the relationship. Hemingway conveys this message through the relationship of Jig and “the American.” The relationship between them is that he is trying to convince the girl to get an operation which is an abortion so they don’t have to end their fun party traveling life. The story is about an American and a girl named Jig in which they are awaiting the train in Spain to take…

Demise and Pride “Every man's life ends the same way. It is only the details of how he lived and how he died that distinguish one man from another.” -Ernest Hemingway. In Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea Hemingway illustrates to the reader that the Old Man’s strong self-pride is nearly his demise. From the start of The Old Man and the Sea, Ernest Hemingway paints a strong vivid mental picture of a stubborn old man. Whose skin is heavily leathered, thin and filled with deep wrinkles…

Writers often find inspiration for their literature through their imagination, people they meet, or past experiences. Ernest Hemingway’s past experiences encouraged an abounding works of short stories, non-fiction, and novels. Considering him being a war veteran of World War I, his short story Soldier’s Home is similar to his struggle through reconnecting with his home town. Even though the main character is Krebs, there are several indications that he is a reflection of Hemingway’s 20 year old…