Thursday, April 19, 2012

I love sunrises

Truth be told, I had some difficulty getting through Hemingway's book because I kept thinking that there were so many unnecessary details that I would rather skip so I could continue reading about the debauchery. It wasn't until the meaningfulness of all of his details was pointed out to me that I realized he does have a purpose for every simple sentence he includes in his stories. I reflected on the large paragraphs describing their travels and paid close attention to the way in which he used color and direction to symbolize where he was going. The descent into Spain was particularly enticing because it reminded me of perhaps a descent into Hell, or something closely resembling it.
Also, Hemingway and Fitzgerald had a lot of similarities in their character development I noticed. I actually decided to write my paper on the two, comparing and contrasting their characters and what the values and codes of those characters reflected and what it meant for the author. Really interesting comparisons came up and I was glad I delved a little deeper.

1 comment:

  1. Stevie, you made a lot of good points about these issues in class today, so I am glad you delved deeper, too.

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