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Ernest Hemingway1899-1961 :Fall 2008 D. Vega, South Western High School Ernest Hemingway1899-1961 Nobel Laureate
Writing Style :Fall 2008 D. Vega, South Western High School Writing Style Journalistic - lean, simple, short sentences; hardly any adjectives
Principle of iceberg (7/8 under for every 1/8 showing) - forces reader to “read between the lines”; also called “hard-boiled” style
Writing Style :Fall 2008 D. Vega, South Western High School Writing Style Critical Acclaim - Nobel Prize in 1954
Writing Style :Fall 2008 D. Vega, South Western High School Writing Style Literary techniques
Flashback
Vivid imagery
Unique symbolism
Writing Style :Fall 2008 D. Vega, South Western High School Writing Style Unique Symbolism
Light = warmth, security, order/balance
Wetness = evil, disaster, impending doom
Landscapes
Highlands = clear, clean, peaceful, orderly
Lowlands = evil, chaos, dirt
The Hemingway “Code” :Fall 2008 D. Vega, South Western High School The Hemingway “Code” A man can be destroyed, but not necessarily defeated.
Man must face all life struggles with courage, intensity, honesty, and grace.
The reward is dignity.
Loss of hope and faith equals defeat.
The Hemingway “Code” cont’d :Fall 2008 D. Vega, South Western High School The Hemingway “Code” cont’d Concept of “nada” or “nothingness”:
The outcome of life is death, with no life after death.
The struggle is the only thing that matters.
“We are all losers,” as the outcome of life is death.
The Hemingway “Code” cont’d :Fall 2008 D. Vega, South Western High School The Hemingway “Code” cont’d Notable Characters - all “manly men” who act “naturally” as nature intended them to
Bullfighters
Boxers
Soldiers
Hunters
Fishermen
Hero Archetypes :Fall 2008 D. Vega, South Western High School Hero Archetypes Tutor:
Manly man who teaches the “code”
Respects opponent
Simple and confident
Expert at his trade
Always calm
Usually NOT American Boxers
Hero Archetypes cont’d :Fall 2008 D. Vega, South Western High School Hero Archetypes cont’d Tyro:
Student of the “code”
Confused
Wounded mentally/physically
Insomniac
Resembles Hemingway
Fears “nada”/ “nothingness
Hero Archetypes cont’d :Fall 2008 D. Vega, South Western High School Hero Archetypes cont’d Heroine “Bitch”:
Tyro’s woman
Greedy
Unloving & unkind towards tyro
Sarcastic and opinionated
Promiscuous - enjoys “wounding” tyro