More Hemmingway
cinnimon@vvm.com
Wed, 14 Apr 1999 01:15:42 +0000
In my English class we have been reading a great deal of Hemmingway lately. Well, I
will have read about 15 works of his by the end of next month (these including the
Nick Adams stories, _A Farewell to Arms_, _Old Man and the Sea_ and lots of other
works). I guess by the time I finish reading these works, according to my teacher at
least, my classmates and myself will be minor 'Hemmingway Scholars'! One of the first
stories we read was "Fathers and Sons", which I found thoroughly enjoyable. One of my
other favorite short stories of his is "My Old Man". Has anyone else read this? It's
a great story!
Well, as I was reading _A Farewell to Arms_ I recognized one particular parallel
between Hemmingway and Salinger's writing - this being the "Stream of Consciousness"
style of narration. This is when the narrator expresses his mind without any editing
- going from one idea to another without any distinction. Has anyone else noticed
this? Hemmingway, from what I can tell, uses this 'device' throughout most of his
works, and to me, this (at least partially) rings true for Salinger as well. Agree?
Disagree? Any thoughts?
~Sarah