b. The Summaries of Hemingway’s “The Snows of Kilimanjaro”, “A
Clean, Well-Lighted Place ”, “The Short Happy Life of Francis
Macomber ”, “The Gambler, The Nun, and The Radio”, and
“Fathers and Sons”
The story “The Snow of Kilimanjaro” tells about the inner
struggle of Harry, a writer, who comes to a standstill of his aptitude in writing. He goes to Africa with his wife for hunting and wishes that
his talent could be emerged again there. But he gets a little accident that causes his foot become foul. He is in despair as he feels his life
almost come to an end, and also he is too restless to wait the plane that never comes to pick him up. So he spills the resentment to his wife, a
wealthy widow who had buried his desire to write. He blames his woman for it, but actually he had chosen to make his living with
something else instead of a pen or pencil. He uses his aptitude to get some rich women for living, he live his life by a lie and in the end he
would die by it. “The Gambler, The Nun, and The Radio”
tells about the people as the characters in the story who have the ridiculous principal in their
life, but their principle are consistently persisted by the characters. The next short story,
“A Clean Well-Lighted Place” tells about a contrast point of view between two waiters in a bar about the old visitor who
always stays until late at night in the bar. The young waiter is always on a hurry to close the bar and always thinking practically, whereas the
old waiter always gives respect and sympathy to the visitor. A theme of the emptiness of life appears in this story and can be healed by
being in the clean, well-lighted place like a bar. In
“Fathers and Sons”, Hemingway shows his talent in writing
stories with simple and monotone sentences. The story tells about Nicholas Adam who recall about his memories of childhood that
acknowledged by his father except one thing, it is about sex that Nick has to find it out by himself after he is growing up. He retells his
memories to his son along the way when they are driving in a town. Nick’s son is in curiosity to know about Nick’s Indian friends and
about his grandfather’s skill in hunting. So, the story contains some flashback memories from Nicks Adam when he was living with his
Indian neighborhood, how he got his first experience about sex with his Indian friend, and how he used his skills in hunting that he got
from his father. In the story, there are no clear descriptions about the characters, the plot, and also the scene where the story is taken.
The last short story, “The Short Happy Life of Francis
Macomber ”
,
tells about Francis Macomber who has a perfect life but his life has to come to an end in a hunting desert in Africa, where the
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