Add characteristics of the Hemingway Hero to your notes on the Elements of Modernism:
Ernest Hemingway, In Our Time (selected stories)
“Indian Camp” (15-19)
“The Doctor and the Doctor’s
Wife” (23-27)
“The End of Something” (31-35)
“The Three-Day Blow” (39-49)
“The Battler” (53-62)
Nick Adams is the typical
Hemingway Hero. Use these five short
stories to give examples of each of the Hero’s characteristics. You need two
examples for each question from two different stories. Reference specific story
titles and events with page numbers in your answer, and you must refer to each
story at least once.
1.
Physically
or emotionally wounded.
2.
Alienated
from traditional beliefs, values, and
relationships; a loner
3.
Believes
world is filled with tragedy and irony (pain, loss, violence, death)
4.
Forced into
heroic roles, does not volunteer, does not see self as heroic
5.
Master of
sport, soldiering, and traditional male pursuits; finds beauty and solace in
sport and its rituals; finds reward in having done a job well
6.
Ultimate
goal: show “grace under pressure,” face
danger or death without cracking, complete the job capably
7.
Common
metaphors symbolizing the hero’s quest: fishing, hunting, bullfighting
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