Ernest Hemingway (The Snowed of Kilimanjaro)

Ernest Hemingway (The Snowed of Kilimanjaro)

     Ernest Hemingway is writer of 20 century. He wrote many works as The Sun Also Rising, Farewell To Arms, The Old  Man and The  Sea and To Whom the Bell Tolls. All these works written after war. He won Pulitzer Prize in 1953 and Nobel Prize in 1954. Most of his works related to wars. He witness World War I, World War II and Spanish Civil War. He witness horror of war as ambulance driver. He committed  suicide in 1961.

The Snowed of Kilimanjaro

Kilimanjaro is high mountain in Africa and it always cover with snow. This novel take place in Africa. All about Hurry is flashback, because he is not happy with present and he did not love Helen. He did not tell her ,because he know that he will died. He failed two time as writer because:

1-He has life of pleasure.

2-He was not brave enough to put his feeling and ideas in paper.

Function of memories :

1-He wrote all books that he wanted to write in reality.

2- To forget his pains

3-He is not happy with present

The image of his ascending:

1-The plane life off and heads toward summit.

2-Comption refuse cup of tea.

3-There were only one seat for Hurry. No room for any passengers.

What was saved Hurry:

1-Giving his morphine pills to Williamson.  

2-His mental writing while he is in great pains.

3-Not telling Helen the truth about his feeling.

The theme

1-The bohemian lifestyle of  travel among intellectual was very trendy than remaining in place where virtuous no longer behavior no longer  faith in religious was broken. This is one of major feature of literature of last generation.

2-Decadace : when their ideals where shattered by work ,because of this , they set pleasure as their highest goals. Their life become shallow. It is this life that Hurry is trying to get away from. This is why he has flashback in which the past is much better  than present. To forget his pain, he go back in memory to time when he was happy.

3-Death is central theme in all Hemingway works be it actual or contention death. Also, he always examine how men react and behave in face of death.

4-The flashbacks are events of his life that he always wanted to write ,but he never did. They always put together present with past which  always seem full of promise, perfect and happy place.