Ernest

In the recent decades, the Republic of Korea has seen a growth in mysogyny. The over-generalization that South Korean women only seek after men’s wealth, the increasing popularity of plastic surgery, and women’s desire to purchase designer accessories and apparels contribute to such hatred towards women in South Korea. However, South Korean men’s required participation in the military seems to remains to be the most contributive factor admist all other reasons. It is not completely irrational…

Matadors and Martinis: The Two Lives of Jake Barnes In The Sun Also Rises, Ernest Hemingway depicts the travels of a group of expatriate Americans as they leave Paris and plunge into a festival at Pamplona, Spain. Jake Barnes, the novel’s protagonist, brings his group of friends to witness his favorite yearly tradition: bullfighting. He never anticipates, however, that his friends’ values, or lack thereof, are doomed to create chaos at the festival, and so Jake loses both his expatriate and…

Ernest Callenbach’s Ecotopia paints the picture of an ecologically-conscious society that rejects a market-centric lifestyle, and instead focuses on a harmonious balance between man and nature. In Ecotopia, the population is scattered across the bulk of what once was the West Coast of the United States, residing in quiet cities and working leisurely hours, satisfied to consume little and live modestly. Sustainable living is the norm, and synthetic materials and products are largely avoided. To a…

of stories exist where you simply have to guess what will happen after the end of the story. The writer decided to not include the last moments and leaves it up to us, as the reader, to finish his tale. One of these open ended literature pieces is Ernest Hemingway’s Hills Like White Elephants. The story depicts a couple waiting for the train at a station, to kill time they decide to have a few drinks and as the reader we get to follow their conversation. Although it is mentioned nowhere, they…

Hills like White Elephants” was first published in 1927. It was written by Ernest Hemingway an American writer and journalist. Hemmingway uses symbols found in dialogue and setting to demonstrate the importance of communication in decision making for a couple. The station where the drama unfolds is “between two lines of rails in the sun” at a train station surrounded by hills, fields and trees in a valley in Spain. The story involves two main characters, the male protagonist who is referred to…

A Not So Dynamic Duo Many characters in the novel, “A Farewell to Arms” by Ernest Hemingway, significantly impact the main character, Frederic Henry. Unfortunately, most of these supporting characters never get the chance to develop fully into their own dynamic role in the novel. These characters, known as static characters, are usually only in the novel to progress the story and support the main character, who in this case, is a very dynamic American soldier fighting in Italy during World War I…

Living with depression is comparable to living in a state of isolation and despair. In the story “A Clean, Well-Lighted Place,” Ernest Hemingway tells the story about two waiters who banter back and forth about a regular customer who frequents their café to drink. The younger one is judgmental and agitated, while the older one is more understanding and compassionate. Through the use of symbolism, setting, and dialogue, Hemingway presents the theme that living with depression is challenging.…

“You can’t get away from yourself by moving from one place to another,” (Page 11). The Sun Also Rises, written by Ernest Hemingway, was published in 1926. The book is a prime example of modernism that tells the story of people who are lost in themselves. The protagonist is Jake, who also acts as the narrator. He likes his life just fine, as opposed to his friend Robert (Cohn), who wants adventure. There’s also Brett, who tends to be a love interest to most men throughout the novel. All three…

Ernest Hemingway’s “The Snows of Kilimanjaro” is a short story packed with many symbols and hidden meaning. Generally, it is about a man’s disease, his painful regret, and his inevitable demise. However, there is much more to the story than simply that. More substance can be found buried underneath the surface of the story. There is significant symbolic meaning scattered throughout it that adds to it and enriches it. Shoveling deep into the story is crucial in order to dig out much of its…

was just me and the finish line. Crossing that white line was a feeling like none other. The influence of my surroundings changed the motivation I had and the outcome I ended with. In a similar circumstance, Santiago in The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway is affected by his surroundings in similar ways. Throughout The Old Man and the Sea, Hemingway uses Santiago’s surroundings to influence him and his decisions in specific ways. The old man’s location, including his homeland and where he…