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A 5 page paper which analyzes one of Hemingway’s earliest short stories from the 1920s. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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5 pages (~225 words per page)
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narrative that was Spartan in terms of word usage but repeats certain seemingly innocuous words and phrases to force the reader to probe deeper into the characters and their motivations.
It is a style reportedly influenced by writer Gertrude Stein, who like Hemingway, was an American expatriate living in Paris during the 1920s (Martin 227). Contained within Hemingways
first collection of short stories, In Our Time, is one of his most obscure and intriguing tales, "Mr. and Mrs. Elliot."
It is recommended that the student who is writing about this topic consider the deft use of symbolism that Hemingway employs throughout the story. First, the couples surname is
significant because it is similar to that of poet T.S. Eliot, whose scathing social commentary, The Waste Land, had been published just prior to its composition (Casey 190). According
to intimates of both Hemingway and Eliot, Hubert and Cornelia Elliot bear a considerable resemblance to Mr. and Mrs. T.S. Eliot, and the literary landscape reflects the sterile environment of
the poets metaphoric twentieth-century wasteland. Though calculatedly banal, the opening paragraph reveals much: "MR. AND MRS. ELLIOT tried very hard to have a baby. They tried as
often as Mrs. Elliot could stand it. They tried in Boston after they were married and they tried coming over on the boat. They did not try very often
on the boat because Mrs. Elliot was quite sick" (Hemingway 332). The emphasis is clearly on very, a word Hemingway repeats several times during the narrative. While at
first glance, it appears as if Hemingway is endeavoring to generate sympathy for his childless characters, the inclusion of the word very hints at something more - hinting that their
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