The Snows of Kilimanjaro -Analysis

When Harry Met Sally is a romantic comedy that breaks out of the norm of the genre with some very real messages about interpersonal communication between both genders and how we handle different situations differently. When Harry met Sally is one of the greatest romantic comedies I’ve watched. Harry and Sally are perfect examples of two people for searching for a companion. In the beginning both are very opposites but in the end Sally and Harry both longed for true love, friendship and security.

Conclusively, ’By the River’ enhances how imperative key events in Harry’s life are, and how they identify personality features by shaping Harry. Examples representing this idea is when “[Harry] was fourteen when the flood swept” and leaving his best friend (Linda) dead, and “her body… [With] thirteen years’ memory.” Linda’s death further compounded his emotions as his soul mate This event compounded by the “[loss] of [his] mother” affected Harry emotionally and rested on Linda for provision, who he has now lost. Harry had also experienced his teacher, who he had become fond of, described her “eyes pale and shining”, who had now left due to becoming pregnant, and Harry seeing her “[come] downstairs with a suitcase”. This affected Harry because he was in love with Linda who he has now lost; he also loved his mother who he had also lost, and now miss Spencer, who has

Once Harry’s mother, Eliza is told the news of her son having to be sold, she does what any mother would do. She is determined to save her child. In times of slavery, if one was caught trying to escape they would have to endure cruel and unusual punishment. As a mother trying to save her child, they fled to cross the Ohio River to get to their final destination being Canada. The Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 was just passed forbidding the assistance of any runaway slaves. Coincidentally, Eliza and Harry end up at the doorsteps of the mayor of Ohio. At first, he was going to turn them away, but his wife’s kind heart saved them. She had them taken to a house in the woods where they could stay until they were ready to continue their journey. Upon getting back on their course for freedom, they end up being chased by slave hunters. During the chase, a fight breaks out which ends up injuring the lead hunter. Although Eliza could’ve agreed to leave him left for dead as he would’ve for her, she expresses sympathy and influences a Quaker family to nurse him back to

In the story, Harry reviews his life, realizing that he wasted his talent and ability through delay and in an unhappy marriage “ He destroyed his talent himself by not using it.” (Hemingway) All of Harry’s memories dealt with passing things he had experienced in a specific time in the past that he aimed to write about, but he never got the chance to do so because his life was being cut short. The author made Harry an existing character based on what he wished to feel once his life comes to the

The story, ‘The Snows of Mount Kilimanjaro,’ by Ernest Hemingway opens up with a description of Mount Kilimanjaro. Mount Kilimanjaro is the highest mountain in Africa (Downie 1). The mountain is said to be where God resides, high up on the mountain. Different themes like relationships and death flood the story. It starts with the main character Harry, and his wife stranded on the mountain. Hemmingway utilizes different literary devices to bring out these themes, with the main character facing his last moments alive. The story is full of powerful literary devices. However, it mostly portrays symbolism and flashback.

Aunt Helen was molested by a close friend of her family when she was younger and as time pasts, she left the family and eventually turned to drugs and alcohol as a solution, having “many problems with men and boys” (P139). After going to “all kinds of hospitals”, she begins to improve on her situation through the support of Charlie’s family, by “taking classes to get a good job” (P96) and ending her abusive relationships, she was able to improve on her health and sort out the problems in her life. Throughout the novel, Charlie slowly develops his own personality and individualism after interacting with his friend, family, and English teacher. Charlie’s progression from a passive to active participant developed over exposure and encouragement by his friends and family, from being in solitude to having people to depend

Harry has hallucinations. He sees traumatic events, nobody can see and which are not often real. For example, he saw Sirius being tortured, while his godfather was in reality in the safe place.

There he was again, staring out a window. This time, Harry was watching the suburban empire from which he had narrowly escaped, fly past in a dizzying blur. The bus was small and oddly smelled of raisins, but he was on his way. He had managed to elude Petunia’s hawk-like watch on him and prevail against all odds. In his hand, he still tightly clutched the locket, half afraid it would suddenly slip through his fingers. Quite honestly, it wouldn’t surprise him if it did. In the wizarding world, anything was possible. Which was sometimes an unprecedented problem. Through the hexes and curses, riddles and potions, it could be hard to know what to believe. Harry was so sick of being lied to. It was an infuriating game of tag and chase. Every

Ernest Hemingway’s usage of the “iceberg theory” of omission was perfectly demonstrated in the “Snows of Kilimanjaro”. The story begins in media res in which Harry, the protagonist, and Helen suffered through a plethora of events that happened during their safari journey. From the beginning to the end of this story, Hemingway used omission from Harry’s past to make a story with different interpretations depending on the reader. In the “Snows of Kilimanjaro”, Hemingway demonstrates the “iceberg theory” to exemplify his omissions and interpretations that the reader may have.

In “The Snows of Kilimanjaro,” by Earnest Hemingway, Harry portrays as a Hemingway hero. After he refuses to apply iodine to a scratch while on an adventure in the wilderness, Harry discovers that he has developed gangrene. Laying on his cot, he is reminded of all of the adventures he has taken and all of the ones he wishes he could take. He wants to appear brave and tough to hide his true emotions from his wife by making scornful commentary and mocking the fact that he is dying.

Harry’s mother taught him better than to trust a stranger, but this one was different. This one made him feel safe. The idea scared him. Nonetheless, he took a seat in front of the mysterious stranger, and stared at him for a very long time.

Helen, Harry’s wife, represents both hope for the future and the finding of true happiness. Even though Harry is positive that he is going to die, she continues to hold out hope, refusing to believe that he will pass. Throughout the duration of the story, she continues to plead with him to not give up because she believes that help will soon come. She also represents finding true happiness because even though she is wealthy and could have acquired any man that she wanted, she chose Harry because of her love of his work. While she has nothing but respect and love for him, he sees her as a “rich bitch and kindly caretaker and destroyer of his talent” (Hemingway 8).

Whereas the imagery “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” “teases … with a near-nihilism” (Bloom 7), the falling snow in “Desert Places” strongly points to nihilism. The fast-falling snow “[refuses] to communicate: it says and means nothing” (Kendall 352). The snow blankets the surroundings; the ground is “almost covered smooth in snow” and the animals, the living elements, are “smothered in their lairs”. The “concrete blankness” (Oster 199) created by the falling snow alludes to the fear of having “no expression, nothing to express”. In a biological context, “this fear of nothing to say was … constant to Frost” (Oster 201). Using falling snow is significant because it denotes a nothingness that continues; as the persona “relates the snowy

    Reaching the height of  19,341 feet, the tallest mountain on the African continent and tallest free-standing mountain in the world is Mount Kilimanjaro. Within the mountain, there is almost every type of ecological system, including rainforest, alpine desert, cultivated land, moorland, heath, and an arctic summit. Due to the vast ecosystems on Mount Kilimanjaro, there is additionally diverse vegetation and animal species. Furthermore, Mount Kilimanjaro is a dormant volcano consisting of three volcanic cones: Shira, Kibo, and Mawenzi. Finally, a fun fact is Pizza Hut set an official Guinness World Record by delivering the highest altitude pizza to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro in May 2016.