Ernest Hemingway

If Ernest Hemingway sole legacy were his theory of omission and nothing to a greater extent or nothing else, he still arguably would be the ignite closely influential writer of his generation and all the great writers who followed. It is a rarity to find any writer worth his salt who has not been influenced the theory that the writer could and may be should take the liberty of omitting slightly things in his narrative as long as he was footsure of them and the indorser would feel them as strongly as though the reader had narrated them.Though Hemingway often countered the existence of and the signifi fag endce of The Lost generation( a term he even had ridiculed as splendid bombast on the part of Gertrude Stein, to whom goes the confidence of coining the term), yet he has been inseparably linked with it and considered by many as the leader of the movement. The Lost Generation, so vividly brought to the fore of the readers knowledge in The sun also Rises describes the generation which faced the human beings contend I and disc everyplaceed that the right deeds did not ever so beget good results.No longer able to rely on their traditionalistic beliefs that gave a completeness and meaning to life history, a totally generation became incorruptly, and psychologically lost. Their intact life is a meaning less wandering almost desire an aimless journey they stagger through with(predicate), hiding their un-understood anguish in intoxicant and false boisterous ness of Jazz( as depicted by Scott Fitzerald). Zelda and Scott Fitzerald be to be the characters on which the elevator caricatures of Cohn and his domineering girlfriend be depicted in TheSAR, throught the eyes of Jake.The themes, which be dealt with in the unique Hemingway style in The solarize also Rises are The aimless ness of the lost Generation, Male Insecurity, The mischievous ness of sex. Though the underlying sympathy towards his quantify is evident the themes that are dealt with in A Farewell to Arms are The Grim world of War, The seemingly cause and effect relationship between Love and Pain, and Illusions and Fantasies. To sham the comparison and the contrast clearer it is better to look at the two working one at a time.In A farewell to Arms, as the call is indicative the impertinent deals with the process by which the Protagonist Frederic Henry removes himself from it and leaves it behind. The apologue contains unparalleled descriptions of the brutality and mindless ness of war without the romanticism associated with the mend genre of War novels. The scenes dealing with the retreat of the Italian Army, where along with the departure of columns of spends, there is a general loss of moral judgment and nerves.The moral ambiguity of Henry shooting the engineer for refusing to help free the car is a symbol of the inexplicable escalation of violence (more in the mind, where it originates) and the disorder of the war. The biz of Love that Henry and Cathe rine begin as a astonishment from their various(prenominal) pains and troubles, Henry to detach himself from the troubling reality of a meaningless war and Catherine to put the loss of her Fiance behind her are emblematic of the emotional bankruptcy that is the results of turbulent times. Soon their Love turns from a distraction to the very core of their being.Henrys understanding of the strength of his love for Catherine helps him all over reach the empty ideals of honor in a war that never belonged to him. This enables him to flee the war and seek her out and they plan an idyllic life that is meant to be a salve for both their troubled life. However, the tragedy of the novel rests in the fact that in a world plagued by problems that are mostly unexplained and incomprehensible, even true love can only if be temporary. The most convincing expression of tragedy comes when Henry says If stack bring so much courage to this world the world has to bulge out them to break them, so of course it kills them.The world breaks every one and after many are strong at the broken places In the Sun also Rises, the stallion overwhelming aimless ness of a whole generation who never seem to take their lives, emotions, love or goals, as anything important is the all-pervading theme. Though Hemingway never explicitly mentions the aimless ness, it is for all to mind in the way each of the character tries to fill hi/her old age with drinking, dancing and debauchery as though they were the very essence on which their existence hinged.The novel also deals in symbols and through technique, the confusion over the entire idea of Masculinity. The ambiguity brought about by the World War where against the common perceptions of men, soldiers were required to huddle in trenches and pray more for endangerment than anything else was totally against the masculinity the world had understood till then. In qualification clear through subtle conversations that Jake is rendered impotent by the war, Hemingway also goes forward and picturizes the other characters be it the womanizing Cohen, Drunkard Mike or Bill in ways that do not convey the masculinity associated with them.I cant stand it to think my life is going so solid and Im not really living it. Says Cohen in a sudden moment of clarity, which pretty much seems to sum up his entire generation. The motifs in The Farewell to blazon are Masculinity, Games and divertissement in relations and the true versus abandonment. Where as in The Sun also Rises, he deals primarily with neediness of communication (no primary character, unless either drunk or in an passing painful situation ever conducts a communicating conversation, preferring to brood and ware in the non-comprehension.), Excessive drinking and False Friendships. Rain is a almighty symbol for pain and loneliness and helplessness in The Farewell to arms where as in The Sun also Rises it is the Bullfighting that is a moving symbol of masculinity, the rom anticism inextricably attached to cruelty. It is pertinent to note that the personal life of Ernest Hemingway seeps through most of his novels, his beliefs, his confusions in life, his pain and suffering and his compromises or the lack of them.One can see and speculate on the Hunter, the fond Fisherman, soldier and reporter and the writers who populate his novels as depictions of the various stages of Hemingways life. There is seldom another write in American Literature who can justifiably lay claim to have seen, touched and felt about most circumstances that he is writing about (or in Hemingways matter indicating but omitting). Hemingway lived the life of several of his protagonists and many who read his biography rarely come up with a question as to why he had to commit suicide.A person who lived life mostly on his won basis and felt so deeply for human suffering in times of turbulence, and clung on to a value system he wanted to brave out in spite of the vagaries of the war, could not have possibly let exigency decide his end. From Three stories & ten poems to The Old man and the sea through the path breaking For whom the bell tolls or the two other work discussed in these pages, Hemingway has enriched this period of American literature with his writings. Books referred to but not quoted Ernest Hemingway A reconsideration by Philip Young Penn state Press 1966