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A 4 page paper that summarizes and discusses these two works as exemplary of Hemingway's style and work. The writer argues that that these two works illustrate that Hemingway's work is complex, with multiple layers of meaning and superb characterization. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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over twentieth century literature (Lamb 453). Exiled Spanish political philosopher Salvador de Madariaga, for example, stated that "Hemingways manner of writing, his direct, simple, yet forceful prose exerted an undoubted
influence on the new generation of Spanish novelists" (Lamb 453). This statement eloquently sums up the work of Ernest Hemingway. While Hemingways style is direct, favoring simple declarative sentences, its
simplicity is deceptive. As the following summations of two of his works - The Old Man and the Sea and For Whom the Bell Tolls -- illustrates, Hemingways work
is complex, with multiple layers of meaning and superb characterization. In The Old Man and the Sea, the narrative focuses on old Santiago, and the only two real
relationships that he has in his life, which are with the sea and a young boy. The Old Man has not caught a fish in several days, and the boys
parents want him to fish on another boat. However, "The old man had taught the boy to fish and the boy loved him" (Hemingway 10). Nevertheless, the boy has to
do as his parents wish. Santiago goes alone, further out than usual, and hooks a giant marlin. The vast majority of the narrative has to do with the three days
that Santiago spends fighting with the mighty fish. This part of the novel demonstrates for the reader the courage, strength of will and knowledge of the old man, as well
as his deep and abiding respect for nature. Santiago manages to defeat the fish, which he talks to as if it were an friend, a fellow-sufferer in the titanic
struggle in which they are both engaged. Tragically, however, he loses his catch to sharks during the trip home. Santiago pulls into port with only the skeleton of the great
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