Ernest Shonekan

pondering about the toughest decision you can ever have to make. As a 19th century women, you have very limited rights. "Shall the child come?" (Ernest R. Groves and Gladys Hoadland Groves) Throughout our history, we can trace a variety of complicated situations that we must face; and as we get “more modern,” we have even tougher decisions to make. Ernest Hemingway in “Hills Like White Elephants” conveys the readers to understand the social changes society was undergoing around the world and that

symbol is defined as any object, person, place, or action that has a meaning in itself and also stands for something larger that it does. The careful use of symbolism and setting in both “The Lottery, “ by Shirley Jackson and “A Farewell to Arms,” by Ernest Hemingway play a very important role in the telling of the story. The setting is crucial to putting the reader’s mind in the correct time and place. It fleshes out the background so the reader can relate to the story being told. However, symbolism

My Reading Response There is a famous saying “Every time you open a book, you learn something”. Nevertheless, I had never imagined that reading could be fun, meaningful, and creative. The more I read, and the more I was attached to the books. After I discovered a few of the readings, I realized how the authors wanted to introduce their ideas without telling the story directly. This is fairly new to me. In my earlier English classes that I had studied at the City College of San Francisco, I read

Throughout the novel A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway, Frederic Henry’s actions and attitudes towards the people he meets and the experiences he encounters reflect his development as a Hemingway Code Hero. The Hemingway Hero is a very distant person who goes through life unattached. He is physically there, but emotionally uninvolved. Frederic Henry possesses these traits over the course of the book. He develops as a Hemingway Hero because no matter where he goes or what he experiences, he is

In Ernest Hemingway’s story, “Indian Camp,” we are introduced to Nick and his father, the doctor. Nick is just a child who ventures along with his father to a camp where he has been summoned to assist an Indian lady who is in labor. Nick, however, ends up seeing more than just a lady giving birth. At the Indian camp, Nick is introduced to death and fear, which leads him to question life to understand it. The story is about the point of view of a child, who is trying to understand an adult’s word

however, it takes time to master. An author capable of implementing the metaphors in his writing style in such harmonious way. An example where we can see the metaphors in action is in Hills Like White elephants, written by the Chicago based author Ernest Hemingway. This short story explores how a couple waiting for a baby decides whether to keep the baby or to proceed with an abortion. The male, who’s referred to as “the American” is trying to persuade his significant other to have an abortion. She

introduces a young English woman named Catherine Barkley. The love affair among the two grows throughout the novel, expanding the setting along with it. The two find themselves in their own world in the midst of this war, not minding anyone else. Ernest Hemingway, the author, creates a contrast between reality and illusion through plot and characters. The plot of A Farewell To Arms develops this contrast of reality and illusion with the love of Catherine and Henry. Not long after they meet they promise

In 1927, Ernest Hemingway wrote and published a short story titled “Hills like White Elephants”. This story became an instant classic, as it talks about the tail of The American and the girl, Jig, and their journey on a train that will take them to Madrid. The story focuses on a conversation between an American man and a woman ,Jig, at a Spanish train station while waiting for a train to Madrid. The woman compares the nearby hills to white elephants. The pair indirectly discuss an "operation" that

Mandatory Military Service Military service should be mandatory for all American citizens. In lighter terms we could refer to it as the All American Selective Service Act, which will require all Americans to register for Selective Service as equal partners in the defense of America (Rangel). The average person, at one point or another, considers what they are going to do with their lives. The military has something to offer everyone. Deciding what to do with your life can be filled with uncertainty

The Old Man and the Sea is a short, but rich novel about an old fisherman who, after eighty-four unsuccessful days in a row, hooks the largest fish of his life. Written by Ernest Hemingway in 1951, and published in 1952, the novel was the last of Hemingway’s novels to be published during his lifetime. The book was praised by critics, and became an immediate success. The story was also awarded the Pulitzer Prize for fiction, and was a factor in Hemingway winning a Nobel Prize. The story was published