Hemingway, Steinbeck, and Fitzgerald

Of Mice and Men TEST Monday.
HOMEWORK: Finish Winter Dreams by Fitzgerald and In Another Country by Hemingway
Hemingway's In Another Country

HEMINGWAY. How does Hemingway Write?

What is the effect of the author's use of literary devices--how does the hand of the artist paint the picture that ultimately leads to theme

The deer hung stiff and heavy and empty
--imagery  The deer hung stiff and heavy and empty
Visual imagery.
--word choice "stiff"=dead--rigor mortis "empty" =soullessness of modern man/disillusionment
fall (impending death) war cold dark, wind blew, stiff, empty
H. likes short, simple words. His words tend to focus more on physical details rather than intellectual connotations.
Types of details are physical details. H. is a physical guy.
--metaphor The deer is a metaphor of . . .
--Narrator's voice
--Types of sentences
--metaphor

FITZGERALD. How does Fitzgerald Write?
Winter Dreams online text found here: Winter Dreams
Homework: finish Winter Dreams and In Another Country
What is the effect of the author's use of literary devices--how does the hand of the artist paint the picture that ultimately leads to theme?

--imagery  
Types of details
--word choice
--metaphor
--Types of sentences
minimalistic
--Narrator's voice

With H. you have to rely upon the physical description and simple dialogue and find the ideas for yourself.


Vocabulary for Friday: SAT vocab 547 SAT Terms "Prattle" - "odium"