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Ernest Hemingway’s “A Very Short Story” portrays Love and Loss in the setting of Italy during World War I. Hemingway’s spare, direct prose style and emphasis on existential themes are hallmarks of modernist literature and of the style and tone of Lost Generation art. The story explores themes of love, betrayal, and The Effect of War on Relationships, and is set initially in an army hospital, which serves as a symbol of the emotional trauma and devastation that the war causes the characters. It is a place where lives are saved but relationships are doomed. Issues of time, space, and the war itself work to destroy the intimacy and healing represented in the first part of the story, replacing them with a destructive sense of melancholy, despair, and loneliness.
One of the major themes of the story is The Effect of War on Relationships. The war both brings the soldier and Luz together and plays a key role in pulling them apart. The soldier’s return to the front creates distance between them and prevents them from communicating with each other; the soldier receives 15
By Ernest Hemingway
A Clean, Well-Lighted Place
A Clean, Well-Lighted Place
Ernest Hemingway
Across the River and into the Trees
Across the River and into the Trees
Ernest Hemingway
A Day's Wait
A Day's Wait
Ernest Hemingway
A Farewell to Arms
A Farewell to Arms
Ernest Hemingway
A Moveable Feast
A Moveable Feast
Ernest Hemingway
Big Two-Hearted River
Big Two-Hearted River
Ernest Hemingway
Cat in the Rain
Cat in the Rain
Ernest Hemingway
For Whom the Bell Tolls
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Ernest Hemingway
Green Hills of Africa
Green Hills of Africa
Ernest Hemingway
Hills Like White Elephants
Hills Like White Elephants
Ernest Hemingway
In Another Country
In Another Country
Ernest Hemingway
Indian Camp
Indian Camp
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In Our Time
In Our Time
Ernest Hemingway
Old Man at the Bridge
Old Man at the Bridge
Ernest Hemingway
Soldier's Home
Soldier's Home
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Solider's Home
Solider's Home
Ernest Hemingway
Ten Indians
Ten Indians
Ernest Hemingway
The Garden of Eden
The Garden of Eden
Ernest Hemingway
The Killers
The Killers
Ernest Hemingway
The Nick Adams Stories
The Nick Adams Stories
Ernest Hemingway