The Connection Between Ernest
Ignorance is bliss. True happiness lies in simplicity. We have all heard these sayings at one point or another in our lives. Apparently, the same held true for Ernest Hemingway,as he appears to have taken them to heart. Ernest Hemingway’s perception of that which was beautiful was always that which was simple. And what could possibly be any simpler than nature itself? It lacks the clutter and complexity of men and technology always prattling about and disrupting things. Nature is simple, violent, untamed, and above all, pure. It cannot be contaminated by the wiles of man, for if it were, then it would cease being nature. That is another reason that I believe Hemingway was ...
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in his works. Everything was simple, from his style, to his characters (ie: Catherine - simpleton if I ever saw one). I think that he likened civilization to a giant machine. The larger and more complex it got, the more things it did. However, when something gets larger and more complex, then that increases the chances and the areas that something can break down. In A Farewell to Arms Hemingway said that the world
will break you. It may not be today or tomorrow, but it will break you, and if it can’t break you, then it will kill you. In any event, the world always wins, because it doesn’t play fairly. Einstein said that, “Not only does God play dice; but the dice are loaded.” Not just pretty words, eh? It sums up how Hemingway felt about the world. He knew that no matter how hard you fought, the world would always win in the end. But nature was a way out. It wouldn’t save you, but it could give you a blessing (or a curse) depending ...
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there, but when you walk out the door, or go back home, as you inevitably must, you face the nothing again.
That being said, I think that Hemingway believed that nature is a truth. Well, more of a half-truth. Nature’s simplicity allows it to be closer to the truth than one might actually think. In A Farewell to Arms one could always rely on nature for insight into the plot. The rain was always a big indicator of how things were going. If you look, you will see that every single time something extraordinarily bad either happened or was going to happen, it was raining. Some have argued that rain is not a bad symbol in this book. I
disagree. Rain was always doing something ...
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