William Ernest Henley

“How can you complain if you’re alive?” asked Andy Kincain, a former Army Ranger who suffers heavily from PTSD, in the novel, the impossible knife of memory, by Laurie Halse Anderson (Anderson 332). In the novel, the main character Hayley Kincain, the daughter of Andy Kincain have finally decided to try and settle down in Andy’s home town in the hopes of having a somewhat normal life. Hayley finds herself attending normal school after being homeschooled for the past five years while traveling…

In the novel The Sun Also Rises, by Ernest Hemingway, speaks on the subject of Jake and his life and how he is involved with many people and how these different people impact his life. One specific character is Lady Ashley, also known as Brett. Brett is someone the main character, Jake has a big relationship with from previous years. Brett is someone who Jake introduces as a woman who is in the club with a bunch of males friends. Jake does not like the male friends Brett chooses to hang with. He…

In 1950 the New York Times declared Ernest Hemingway, the most important writer since the death of Shakespeare. By dedicating his life to the ideal of writing one true sentence was the key of literature writing style. He was an icon of his age; he was a war hero in Italy, a white hunter in Africa and an expert deep sea fisherman in Cuba. Grace Hall-Hemingway gave birth to Ernest Hemingway in his grandfather's house, at 8 am, July 21st in Oak Park, Illinois. And like many Victorian children he…

“Hills like White Elephant” by Ernest Hemingway focuses on the typical behavior between the American man and the girl whom is referred as Jig. Both characters spent time talking, consuming beer, and anticipating their train to arrive. At first their conversation was not crucial until both couple were debating whether the girl should get an operation done or not. The American convinced the girl to get the operation done and that everything would turn out to be fine. In the end, the American took…

In the short story, “Hills like White Elephants”, Ernest Hemingway parallels and amplifies the conflict between Jig and her American. The symbolism of the white elephants further emphasizes the subject of the story. Hemingway did a great job in comparing the white elephants to an unborn baby. The symbolisms in the story are white elephants, the train station, and alcoholic beverages. The white elephants symbolize a consequence no one wants which refers to Jig’s unborn child. In the beginning of…

Eric Hanks Hanks 1 Mrs. Jardin Short Fiction 16 October 2015 The Real Hemingway In Ernest Hemingway’s stores, the idea of male dominance is often shown in the relationships between the characters. Whether it’s intentional or not, these subtle traits can often be related back to Hemingway’s personality, and the time in which he grew up in. Constantly on the move and living in a time when males were often associated with being strong and brave due to the war, Hemingway’s…

girl was looking off at the line of hills. They were white in the sun and the country was brown and dry. ‘They look like white elephants,’ she said” (Hemingway 70). Completed in 1927, as recorded by Hal Holladay’s article Hills Like White Elephants, Ernest Hemingway published one of his most famous short stories called Hills Like White Elephants (1). In this piece and in his other works as well, Hemingway was notorious for using the “iceberg” technique to reveal the setting and situation of each…

These incidences such from his childhood or his time spent in the war were the foundation of his literature. Ernest Hemingway: a literary hero of this era. Hemingway was born in the small town of Oak Park, Illinois to his parents, Dr. Clarence and Grace Hemingway. His father worked as a country physician and his mother, a religious musician. At an early age, Mrs. Hemingway encouraged little Ernest to take cello lessons in which he greatly excelled. In high school, Hemingway was the star athlete…

Ernest Hemingway Ernest Hemingway was a Nobel Prize winner and “is seen as one of the great American 20th century novelists.”(Biography.com) He was considered a great author due to the legacy he left behind; “his work and iconic style that still influence writers today. His personality and constant pursuit of adventure loomed almost as large as his creative talent.”(Biography.com) CHILDHOOD He was born to Clarence and Grace Hemingway in july 21, 1899 in Oak Park; Illinois, USA. “He lived in this…

Water for Elephants, a novel written by Sara Gruen, tells the life story of a young man named Jacob Jankowski. This book shows an apparent idea of power, that is clearly applicable with the marxist lens. Gruen’s writing takes place in the 1930s, there was pressure to have land, possessions, and a good education in order to gain power in society during this time. The marxist lens effects characters decisions, drama in the story, and how the reader interprets the book. The marxist lens…