Hemingway’s style is very complex and wants the readers to “Imply greater depths of feeling than he puts into words” according the New York Times (164). Hemingway’s style would be described as how people would be communicates in person. He translates in person conversation and puts it on paper and doesn’t edit the piece to proper grammatical content. The New York Times also pointed out that Hemingway’s style and tone cannot be separated in certain stories (164). I think that Hemingway wanted to write the story of “A Clean, Well-Lighted Place” entirely in dialogue because he wanted to make it as realistic and take the reader into the story. The detail that he writes in the dialogue makes the reader believe every detail. The example I want to display is the conversation the young waiter has the old man. [The waiter] put down the saucer and poured the glass full of brandy. “You should have killed yourself last week” he said. The waiter poured on into the glass so that the brandy slopped over and ran down the stem into the top saucer of the plie. “Thank you” the old man said. (166) This part of the story made me believe I was in the bar seeing this from a distance. I like to read stories where I feel like I am at the scene that is displayed. …show more content…
A man is talking to Elisa about the dog fight and “Elisa laughed. I see he is. How soon does he generally get started?” (229) Compared to Hemingway’s story each character had the same tone; the only way to tell the difference was he added detain in the characters appearance. The style difference between Hemingway and Steinbeck is the way they write the story on paper. Hemingway separates the quotes from the story. Steinbeck on the other hand incorporates the quotes in the
Steinbeck went through many trials throughout his lifetime (French). He went through a lot of phases in his life that were not easy to deal with (French). Although not all of his life experiences were good, they all helped him to improve his writing. This is comparable to the saying "Whatever does not kill you, makes you stronger." This is the case with Steinbeck, because all of his experiences made him stronger, not only in his life, but in his writing. Several things that improved his writing through life experiences were, when he was a ranch hand, when he was a marine biologist, and when he wrote war transcripts during World War Two. These examples were all used in Steinbeck's writing, thus proving that Steinbeck used his life experiences in his works.
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Hemingway states, “By the time you reach 12 rue de l’Odéon your hunger was contained but all of your perceptions were heightened again. The photographs looked different and you saw books that you had never seen before. ”(66). Because Hemingway found a technique that enhanced his writing, he was able to have one of the best writing careers of his time. Along with his method of writing, he also had the drive to become the best writer possible of himself, “He was eighteen, and just out of highschool, but what he lacked in experience he made up for in enthusiasm.”
When a writer picks up their pen and paper, begins one of the most personal and cathartic experiences in their lives, and forms this creation, this seemingly incoherent sets of words and phrases that, read without any critical thinking, any form of analysis or reflexion, can be easily misconstrued as worthless or empty. When one reads an author’s work, in any shape or form, what floats off of the ink of the paper and implants itself in our minds is the author’s personality, their style. Reading any of the greats, many would be able to spot the minute details that separates each author from another; whether it be their use of dialogue, their complex descriptions, their syntax, or their tone. When reading an excerpt of Hemingway’s A Moveable Feast one could easily dissect the work, pick apart each significant moment from Hemingway’s life and analyze it in order to form their own idea of the author’s voice, of his identity. Ernest Hemingway’s writing immediately comes across as rather familiar in one sense. His vocabulary is not all that complicated, his layout is rather straightforward, and it is presented in a simplistic form. While he may meander into seemingly unnecessary detail, his work can be easily read. It is when one looks deeper into the work, examines the techniques Hemingway uses to create this comfortable aura surrounding his body of work, that one begins to lift much more complex thoughts and ideas. Hemingway’s tone is stark, unsympathetic, his details are precise and explored in depth, and he organizes his thoughts with clarity and focus. All of this is presented in A Moveable Feast with expertise every writer dreams to achieve. While Hemingway’s style may seem simplistic on the surface, what lies below is a layered...
The Author begins the story by introducing the scene since it will have great significance in understanding the many symbolisms he will be using later. Some experts say that “Although there is a situation, there is no plot” (Henningfield, 2002).... ... middle of paper ... ...
The most obvious image used by Hemingway in this story is that of the contrast between light and dark. The cafe is a "Clean, Well-Lighted Place". It is a refuge from the darkness of the night outside. Darkness is a symbol of fear and loneliness. The light symbolizes comfort and the company of others. There is hopelessness in the dark, while the light calms the nerves. Unfortunately for the old man, this light is an artificial one, and its peace is both temporary and incomplete.
Hemingway's style and McCarthy’s style both agree in the sense that they do
The style and structure of the Hemingway story also make it more believable and more effective. Even the...
Hemingway also uses unadorned diction that helps develop the conflict by creating imagery and metaphorical aspects of the writing. It proves to be true that how the characters say something is way more important that what they say in this short story. Another key element of Hemingway’s style is the repetition of words in the story. The words, “know” and “fine,” are used multiple times in order to emphasize their alternative meanings and portray the
To explore the two distinct writing styles, one can begin with how the stories do. (That is, how they begin too.) The opening paragraphs of Fitzgerald's "Winter Dreams" and Hemingway's "Indian Camp" epitomize the basic difference between their writing styles. "Winter Dreams" begins, "Some of the caddies were poor as sin and lived in one-room houses with a neurasthenic cow in the front yard, but Dexter Green's father owned the second best grocery-store in Black Bear-the best one was 'The Hub,' patronized by the wealthy people from Sherry Island-and Dexter caddied only for pocket-money" (1504). "Indian Camp" starts out, "...
Ernest Hemingway, an icon of American Literature, is known for his own distinct style. He didn’t often waste space in his writing, and when he did it was out of necessity. In relativity he kept things short and sweet, adding detail when necessary but rarely, if ever, dragging things out into over descriptive run-ons. Though he used this uniquely brief style of writing he never failed in developing the aspects of his writing he deemed important. Hemingway may not have flat out told readers about each factor he meant to describe, but in one way or another he got his point across in eloquent fashion. In The Old Man and the Sea, Hemingway builds vivid characterization around Santiago not by telling the reader about the old man and his background,
Hemingway’s story is postmodernism because of his minimalist writing, with only a few adverbs or adjectives, reporting dialogue cleanly and directly. Hemingway only includes the essential information in his story, omitting much of the background information. Therefore, his story is visible on the page, while the rest is left unsaid. The most descriptive line Hemingway gave the reader is the opening of the story, which, in fact, barely tells us any detail at all "It was late and every one had left the cafe except an old man who sat in the shadow the leaves of the tree made against the electric light". We don't see the café, nor do we know where it is or anything else about it – however, Hemingway manages to sketch out just enough of the scene
... short story and deliver a different outlook on life, which is one that each character seemed to have as “Hemingway’s style of writing brings a hard-bitten realism to American fiction” quotes an outside source. The modernism in “A Clean, Well-Lighted Place” is the old man continually searching for fulfillment but only receiving temporary gratification, which is so prevalent in today’s society.
Most authors read at a relatively steady rate throughout their story, with dialogue sections running faster than descriptions. Hemingway breaks this conventional nature in The End of Something. The...
Hemingway uses direct description at the very beginning of the story to establish the setting of the story for the reader. "It was late and everyone had left the café except an old man who sat in the shadow the leaves of the tree made against the electric light. In the day time the street was dusty, but at night the dew settled the dust...(249)." This conveys a sense of solitude and peace which surrounds the old man. More importantly, this description gives the reader a feeling for the loneliness which has engulfed the old man. The use of shadows and light, along with solitude, gives the sense of loneliness.