Hemingway, cont. Lit Analysis Essay intro

Read "Big Two-Hearted River: Part II" and then answer the following questions.

1. How is “Big Two-Hearted River: Part One” different from Part Two? Why did Hemingway write them separately? 
2. How is Nick Adams (Hemingway Hero) a good example of characteristics of Modernism? 
3. What traits of Romanticism/Transcendentalism are also present in this story? 
4. How does the setting establish the atmosphere? How is the atmosphere of Part I different from Part II? 
5. Metaphor: (select one of the sections listed below) 

• Write a brief summary 
• Identify what Hemingway might be using as a metaphor in your section

Sections of "Big Two-Hearted River: Part II"

• Preparing to fish—p. 145-p. 147, par 3
• Fishing, scene 1—p. 147, par 4-p. 149, par 3
• Fishing, scene 2—p. 147, par 5-p. 151, par 1
• Fishing, scene 3—p. 151, par 2-p. 152, par 4
• Fishing, scene 4—p. 152, par 5-p. 154, par 4
• Conclusion—p. 154, par 5-end

Hemingway Literary Analysis Essay

Assignment: Write an essay in which you explain how Nick Adams is a typical Hemingway Hero and, as such, is a representative of the ideas of Modernism.  Refer to class handouts/questions and include examples from the short stories to support your answer. Use specific examples from at least three short stories, including quotations and page numbers.

Tips for writing your essay:

• Quotations should not float as their own, separate sentences. Embed them into your sentences.
• Follow this format for punctuation around parenthetical citations:

Hemingway shows the disillusionment of Modernism in the setting of “Big Two-Hearted River.” When Nick arrives at the town of Seney, he finds “no town, nothing but the rails and the burned-over country” (133).

• Write in PRESENT TENSE, not past. (See the quotation example above)
• Refer to the author by his full name or last name only. You may refer to characters within the text by first name only.
•  Do not use first-person (I, me, we, us) or second-person (you) pronouns in your essay. Use only third-person pronouns (he, she, they, one).

Essay must be submitted to turnitin.com by 11:59:59pm on Wednesday, Jan. 8.

Structure of the Essay:

I. Introduction

• Attention-getter. (Hook the reader, reel them in. See what I did there? It’s a fishing metaphor)
• Thesis. Include the author’s full name and the title of the book.

Example: In his collection of short stories In Our Time, Ernest Hemingway develops Nick Adams as the typical Hemingway Hero.

• Preview (Three) Main Points.

II. Body of Essay

• Paragraph 2 – First Characteristic of Hemingway Hero
• Explain the characteristic AND how it reflects ideas of Modernism.
• Example from one story (including quotation and page number)
• Example from second story (including quotation and page number)
• Paragraph 3 – Second Characteristic of Hemingway Hero
• Explain the characteristic AND how it reflects ideas of Modernism.
• Example from one story (including quotation and page number)
• Example from second story (including quotation and page number)
• Paragraph 4 – Third Characteristic of Hemingway Hero
• Explain the characteristic AND how it reflects ideas of Modernism.
• Example from one story (including quotation and page number)
• Example from second story (including quotation and page number)

III. Conclusion

• Restate thesis (in different words), including recap of three main points.
• Final thought (connecting Nick Adams to Modernism, or the Hemingway Hero to Modernism, or Hemingway to Modernism).