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Hemingway And "Nada" - College Essay

Hemingway And "Nada"

In "The light of the world" written by Ernest Hemingway Steve Ketchel, a
boxer symbolizes a Jesus figure for a woman called Alice. Alice, a 350 pound,
unpleasant prostitute struggles with her current life. Her central being focuses
at the belief that she had a sexual relationship with Steve Ketchel. This
wishful illusion arises from a complex she has because of her ugly and
unpleasant appearance. Nick Adams, the main Hemingway character, believes that
Alice, although she has really given up her life, still has the chance to change
and live a happy life. Steven K. Hoffman would call this belief Alice has "nada".

Nada is a term used in Hemingways story "A clean well lighted place". ...

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our society. And since she is that low she cant set her goals higher. Her
goals could be the goals Jesus talks about. Her goal in life was and still is to
sleep with more and more guys. Back to nada it means that she has nothing;
nothing to believe in and nothing to live for.

Alice lives in an illusion. It seems that she suppresses the fact that she
is a fat prostitute. How much lower can you get? She suppresses her problems
with her dreams and illusions. The most important belief is that she had a
sexual relationship with Ketchel. That is her main belief. For a normal American,
Jesus would the most important belief. Ketchel gives her the strength to
withstand her complexes. Ketchel in other words symbolizes Jesus. That is of
course very sad. When comparing Jesus with Ketchel, you will not find any
connecting. Ketchel is just a popular boxer among her friends and she knows
nothing more of him. For her Ketchel is more than just a man to have sex with.
As said, for her ...

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Added: 5/25/2004 02:45:57 PM
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