William Ernest Henley

In Ernest Hemingway's showstopper, The Old Man and the Sea, he utilizes much imagery to support the perusers understanding of the back rub he is attempting to depict. The Old Man and the Sea isn't simply a book about an old man and the ocean. There are numerous concealed implications to it. Every component speaks to distinctive things. The marlin, for instance, speaks to quality, excellence and the last test we all go however. The lions in his fantasies look like youth, flexibility, furthermore…

fails to accomplish a task or goal they aspired to achieve, often, they strive to redeem themselves. Through the tough obstacles and hindrances, only the ones with exceptional grit eventually reach redemption. The novella The Old Man and the Sea, by Ernest Hemingway, illustrates the idea of redemption throughout the story. The Old Man and the Sea is an ambiguous novel about a fisherman named Santiago, who hadn’t caught a fish in 84 days so he goes out into the ocean for a few days to redeem…

World War I was very tragic time, and only a few novelist captured the true lives of people who lived during that time. Ernest Hemingway, an english author who was in the Italian first aid during World War I, is one of the novelist who show an aspect of life during World War I in the novel Farewell to Arms. Hemingway tries to show what people had to deal with during those times. A man named Fredi, who is an american in the Italian first aid, meets a woman who he falls in love with. He tries to…

An Encounter Without Words Encounter is a short film directed by Giacomo De Bello that details the encounter between two strangers at a train station. It follows these two characters as they travel and tells a story of attraction and hesitance. The film centers on their unique encounter without actually using dialogue to make the characters interact. The film starts with a guy sitting on a bench, tapping his leg as he waits for the train. A girl approaches the scene and it's as if the…

In the darkness of midnight, one well lit cafe is a refuge from loneliness for men, each with their own beliefs and attitudes. During a time in which the world is full of hardship and pain in the years following World War I, many men have given up hope, however, they still have the will to carry out the rest of their lives with honor. In “A Clean, Well-Lighted Place,” Hemingway uses his three characters to show that there is no meaning to life, yet mankind still has the desire to live through…

are standing up to their beliefs that men and women should have equal rights. They are showing that they are as strong and capable of doing what any man is able to do. This point of view in women was starting to show in the 1920s around the world. Ernest Hemingway portrays this point of view in his book The Sun Also Rises. Hemingway develops and illustrates strong women that show traits that is typical of male characters. Lady Brett Ashley and Frances Clyne are the two strong women characters…

All humans have feelings of despair and worthlessness. As we mature, we have more substantial periods of worthlessness. In Ernest Hemingway’s “ A Clean, Well-Lighted Place”, we get an inside look at the relation between old age and feeling worthless. Old age promotes feelings of worthlessness. The old waiter is not rushed in his actions at the café, as he knows the struggles of the old man, and this causes him to drink alone at a bar. Old age supports the delay in critical actions. The old…

A young boy Mako learns to be prepared and confident when he kills a shark (as he had been practicing for a long time) that had been terrorizing fishermen in his native Bora Bora for years. The shark, called Tupa, had killed Mako’s father years ago, and this and a grand reward lead Mako to kill the shark. His desire is also enforced when his dog is in danger of being killed by the the shark Tupa. In the short story “Ghost of the Lagoon”, the boy is eager, and later loyal to his dog Afa when he…

Hemingway truly shows his intent throughout A Soldier's Home through the use of repetition, dialogue and syntax. Hemingway uses these elements to portray an honest and critical tone that furthers showing the negative effects the war had on soldiers. The scenario demonstrates a cruel way to handle the newer veterans. Hemingway was a veteran himself, and his opinions of the war are scattered throughout the repetition in Krebs’s thought process. Krebs repeats the word ‘girls’ constantly throughout…

The Old Man and the Sea The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemington is an interesting tale in which Santiago, an old fisherman, has been out of luck while trying to catch fish. This story is interesting because I feel as if many of the points made in this story can relate back to the world we live in today. The Old Man and the Sea also has an interesting theme; I feel as if the theme could be respect. There could also be a deeper theme, such as loneliness. The old man, Santiago, could be…