Jake expresses this new emasculation; most probable physically ineffective, he is not able to have any kind of sex and, for that reason, can never have the voracious Brett. As an alternative, he is controlled by her "Sexuality and bull-fighting,"), much in the same way Cohn is in the story, who is also mistreated by the other women in his life (Allen)
Even travel, a rich source of possible experience, typically turn out to be an excuse to drink in exotic settings. Because of World War I, recklessness also marked the Lost Generation; Jake hardly ever interferes in other's businesses, even when he could help (especially with Cohn), and Brett hastily hurts men and reflects herself as being some that is powerless to stop doing so (Leed)
It appears that Jake is the one that embodies these cultural changes. It is clear from the novel that World War I rendered his manhood (that is, his penis) inadequate as a consequence of injury (Moore)
Seney was burned, the country was burned over and changed, but it did not matter. It could not all be burned. (Hemingway)
He was disenchanted with war, saying, "We had made a bloody mess of stand I would go, now, somewhere else as we had always had the right to go somewhere else and as we had always gone. You could always come back" (Hemingway qtd
He wrote about these things and his genuine nature stands out. Philip Young notes Hemingway was "America's most famous writer" (Young 39) while he was living
Regardless of his intention, when the story is read outside of the social and cultural context in which it was written -- as is the case when a contemporary reader peruses this manuscript -- the text has a certain aura of duplicity in which undiscerning readers may be lulled into misinterpreting its meaning: or possibly even thinking that there is no meaning. Close analysis of literary criticism, as well as an examination of biographical information in Hemingway's life, however, informs readers that there is a crucial debate occurring between the two main characters regarding whether or not a young woman, named Jig, will have an abortion (which was certainly taboo, shocking, and largely illegal during the time the story was written) (Anderson, 2009)
"I might have,' the man said. 'Just because you say I wouldn't have doesn't prove anything" (Hemingway)
"I might have,' the man said. 'Just because you say I wouldn't have doesn't prove anything" (Hemingway)
"I might have,' the man said. 'Just because you say I wouldn't have doesn't prove anything" (Hemingway)
"I might have,' the man said. 'Just because you say I wouldn't have doesn't prove anything" (Hemingway)
Hemingway began as a journalist and an ambulance driver during World War I. In 1918, at the age of 19, Hemingway was seriously injured and honorably discharged (Oliver 140)
On the morning of July 2nd, 1961-after a decades' long battle with mental illness and a paralyzing alcoholism, Hemingway ended his own life with a double barrel shotgun. At the time, Hemingway was dealing with severe memory and loss the inability to write, which "was his way of coping with life" (Hulse 10)
Henry has great naivete when he says, "I knew I would not be killed. Not in this war," (Hemingway 37)
). Male characters often emerge as "unintegrated, unindividuated, and undeveloped boys or boy-men whose words must forever be hollow and false, their knowledge only partial" (Gajdusek)
Death is part of life and Hemingway did not have a problem incorporating it into his stories. Harry watched the "world change; not just the events; although he had seen many of them and had watched the people, but he had been in it and he had watched it and it was his duty to write of it" (Hemingway 95)
He must keep his mind engaged in order to maintain control and not fall asleep. Margot Sempreora writes that the "imaginary waters of his insomniac search offer more fish than have been apparent on the first pass, and repetition of the familiar is a comfort to this narrator, whether of trout in streams or words in text" (Sempreora)
He felt the only way to control his conflict was to never allow his mind a moment's rest. Samuel Shaw wrote that Hemingway's style brings "literature closer to life" (Shaw 77)
For example, Hemingway turned his experiences on the front lines of World War I into the novel A Farewell to Arms. (Hays 23)
The story ended with Santiago no better than when he started, except that his fellow fisherman have renewed their respect for him. (Hemingway) In a way, Hemingway was Santiago in that like the fisherman, Hemingway had not publish a successful book in a number of years