Macomber’s beautiful wife, whom he married because of her beauty, secretly despises Macomber because she knows that he married her for one reason only: She is his “trophy wife.” She despises herself because she knows that she married him for one reason only: He is very rich. He will never […]
Read more Character Analysis Margot MacomberCharacter Analysis Francis Macomber
Macomber is thirty-five years old, very tall and well built, at the apex of his manhood — fit and good at court games (by “court games,” Hemingway is referring to tennis or squash, games in which there are rules and perimeters for the game). Now, however, the very wealthy and […]
Read more Character Analysis Francis MacomberCharacter Analysis Nick Adams
Nick Adams is the name that Hemingway gave to the fictional persona, largely autobiographical, whom he often wrote about. Like Hemingway himself, Nick is the son of a doctor (“The Indian Camp”; “The Doctor and the Doctor’s Wife”); he relishes fishing and hunting in the northern peninsula of Michigan (“Big […]
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Summary Harry, a writer, and his wife, Helen, are stranded while on safari in Africa. A bearing burned out on their truck, and Harry is talking about the gangrene that has infected his leg when he did not apply iodine after he scratched it. As they wait for a rescue […]
Read more Summary and Analysis The Snows of KilimanjaroSummary and Analysis A Clean, Well-Lighted Place
Summary Late in the early morning hours, in a Spanish cafe, an old man drinks brandy. A young waiter is angry; he wishes that the old man would leave so that he and an older waiter could close the cafe and go home. He insults the deaf old man and […]
Read more Summary and Analysis A Clean, Well-Lighted PlaceSummary and Analysis Hills Like White Elephants
Summary In the early 1920s, an American man and a girl, probably nineteen or twenty years old, are waiting at a Spanish railway station for the express train that will take them to Madrid. They drink beer as well as two licorice-tasting anis drinks, and finally more beer, sitting in […]
Read more Summary and Analysis Hills Like White ElephantsSummary and Analysis The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber
Summary It is noon. Francis Macomber is on an African safari; Macomber is thirty-five years old, a trim, fit man who holds a number of big-game fishing records. However, at the moment, he has just demonstrated that he is a coward. However, members of the safari are acting as though […]
Read more Summary and Analysis The Short Happy Life of Francis MacomberSummary and Analysis Big Two-Hearted River: Part II
Summary Hemingway recounts in precise detail Nick’s rituals of preparation for fishing before he wades into the river. He successfully catches two trout and begins to gather sufficient courage so that in the days ahead, he can easily fish across the river, in the dark swamp, a symbol of Nick’s […]
Read more Summary and Analysis Big Two-Hearted River: Part IISummary and Analysis Big Two-Hearted River: Part I
Summary Emotionally wounded and disillusioned by World War I, Nick Adams returns to his home and leaves for the north Michigan woods on a camping trip. He leaves by himself, hoping that the routine of selecting a good place to camp, setting up a tent, fixing meals, and preparing for […]
Read more Summary and Analysis Big Two-Hearted River: Part ISummary and Analysis In Another Country
Summary Trying to regain use of a knee that was wounded during World War I, Nick is in an Italian hospital for therapy, riding a kind of tricycle that his doctor promises will keep the muscles elastic. Nick is dubious of the machine and the therapy, as is a friend […]
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