Literary Devices and Symbolisms in Ernest Hemingways Big Two-Hearted River

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Literary Devices and Symbolisms in Ernest Hemingway’s Big Two-Hearted River
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October 2, 2016
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Literary Devices in Ernest Hemmingway’s Big-Two Hearted River
It is said that a writer’s identity is very much reflected by the way he structures the words, contextualizes the story, and create meanings and impressions in the hearts of his readers. In order to create this emotional impact, many writers utilize different strategies, methods, and tools. In the case of Ernest Hemingway, these qualities were straightforwardness and simplicity. Being the author of the best known classical novels such as “A farewell to arms” and “The Old man and the Sea”, Hemingway won a Novel Prize and a Pulitzer Prize award (for The Old man and the Sea). Because of his unique way and descriptive way of writing that mostly appeals to the senses of the readers, that particular style was attributed to his name – Hemingway Writing Style. And, as for any other writers out there, it is believed that personal experiences can affect his writing style, in the case of Hemingway, many scholars believed that his occupation and experiences during the World War I paved the way for his technique that is much different from his contemporaries. However, the author of this paper believes that categorizing and describing his writing style into a single genre (Hemingway Writing style) is not enough. He believes that aside from his classical writing style, a more specific kind of “writer’s signature” could be seen from the more specific literary devices that he employed in his novels. Thus, in this article, the author employed one of his famous literary work – Big Two-Hearted River – and gave much focus on the literary devices that could be seen on it. By doing this, the author believes that this article could also she light as to what makes Hemingway’s novels “simple yet powerful”.[Biography.com. Ernest Hemigway - Biography. 9 September 2014. Web. 2 November 2016]
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Allusions
According to LiteraryDevices.com “An allusion is a figure of speech whereby the author refers to a subject matter such as a place, event, or literary work by way of a passing reference.” In other words, these are things which are not put into focus but are used as “side dish” to the main point that the author is trying to make. Allusions are very important because they make any piece of work “richer” by adding ‘embellishments’ on the text. However, because of the fact that allusions are not a part of the main point of the author, interpreting these and making a connection is mainly up for the readers.[LiteraryDevices.com. Allusion. n.d. Web. 2 November 2016.] [Ibid]
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