Ernest J. Gaines

Communication Problems in Hills like White Elephants Ernest Hemingway’s short story, Hills Like White Elephants, mainly consists of dialogue between the two characters. Although the entire story is a continuous conversation amongst the couple, there is very little communication going on. Without a critical perception, most readers may think of this story as nothing more than an everyday conversation between a man and woman. This lack of understanding causes readers to miss the point of…

During his ordeal with his comrades off the coast of Florida the Correspondent, a cynical and apathetic man, develops a compassion for others and a will to live better. Stephen Crane, the author of this story, almost certainly based “The Open Boat” on his real life experience during the sinking of his ship the SS Commodore while he was traveling to Cuba to be a war correspondent. “The Open Boat” is a roman a clef that tells the tale of four men: The Captain, the Cook, the Oiler, and the…

(Hemingway 103). This mindset of his allows him to get through life each day. The old man never backed down even in the darkest of times. Above all he remained undefeated even though this nearly cost him his life. Santiago in The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway is an example of a Hemingway code hero. He demonstrates the attributes of heroism such as perseverance, determination, and courage.…

The Line Between Courage and Exaltation In Ernest Hemingway’s A Farewell To Arms, bravery is displayed in a unique way as characters live their lives during world war one. Life during a time of war can be stressful and make tensions run high. Hemingway manages to create heroic characters without glorifying war. The main character, Henry, has one goal; he has to stay alive long enough to make it back to the love of his life, Catherine. Henry does not believe in himself and ends up contradicting…

Mark Twain 's masterpiece is his novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the whole book is planned and has meaning. It 's a story of life, relationships, racism and a boy who just wants to be free. Very few books in history have been as influential or as controversial. Twain 's use of symbolism, satire, character development, writing style and themes, ultimately create a story that cannot be forgotten, even in the 21st century. The effects of the book have its hold over society. In Sanford…

In my Pre-AP Chemistry class, one of the most important lessons that we learned was about the structure of an atom, a model which was proposed by Ernest Rutherford in 1911. Based on his extensive gold foil experiment, Rutherford determined that most of the mass of an atom is concentrated into a compact nucleus, which holds all of the positive charge, and that electrons occupy most of the leftover…

Ernest Hemingway’s “Farewell to arms” shows great change in the main characters life throughout the story and how the war can be hard on the characters and be a big affect on their life events and choices. There are millions of people serving our country fighting for our freedom. The people that do are very brave but sometimes don’t come back themselves. They end up with PTSD and that changes their lives forever it so funny how going to war could change someone physicaly and emotionaly. In…

In his essay “Reimagining Destiny,” Paul Berman questions the idea of destiny as a whole, asking facetiously, “Is there a single destiny for mankind?” (Berman 1). Berman battles with the idea that their are natural imperatives that govern all people, citing the newly found freedoms of women and ethnic minorities as proof of free will and individualism in people. He also uses the form of government liberal democracy to argue his claim. However, Berman twists the argument in his favor with a…

Ernest Hemingway is referred to as one of the most influential writer of prose. Hemingway also was awarded the Nobel peace prize for literature in 1954. Even though some of his novels may have been considered elementary, they became the best novels ever written. Two of his most famous novels are A Farewell to Arms and For Whom the Bell Tolls. The two novels compare in many different ways. For instance the theme of both novels is setting, the characterization, and the imagery Hemingway uses of…

it is a valuable teaching resource, and censorship, in all forms, is not right. Huckleberry Finn, or even Mark Twain himself, is very important to American culture and has influenced many other authors. Kakutani, and multiple other sources, quotes Ernest Hemingway saying, "All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn.” A big influence that Twain’s style…