The Connection Between Ernest Hemingway and Nature
Ignorance is bliss. True happiness lies in simplicity. We have all heard these sayings at one point or another in our lives. Apparently, the same held true for Ernest Hemingway,as he appears to have taken them to heart. Ernest Hemingway's perception of that which was beautiful was always that which was simple. And what could possibly be any simpler than nature itself? It lacks the clutter and complexity of men and technology always prattling about and disrupting things. Nature is simple, violent, untamed, and above all, pure. It cannot be contaminated by the wiles of man, for if it were, then it would cease being nature. That is another reason that I believe Hemingway was infatuated with it; it cannot be touched. It cannot be tainted. "To live according to natural law, this realease of the imagination. In discovering truth we create beauty." As I said before, Hemingway believed that nature was the ultimate. It was simple, it was beautiful, it was clean. It was perfection. For Hemingway, nature was good. It epitomized all that he stood for. Places with the clutter of men invariably led to pain and suffering or death. Hemingway was really big on simplicity in his works. Everything was simple, from his style, to
a chair. You didn't have to think about your inevitable loss or demise. You could get away from it all, for a short while at least; in essence, running, but not hiding. Also, something that Hemingway used nature to deal with extensively was the ever-present nothing. The nothing is a derivative of the movement known as existentialism that developed after the first world war. Many began to think, after witnessing the scope and horror of World War I, that life truly had no purpse to it. Nature was, for Hemingway and for Nick ("In a Big Two Hearted River") a Clean, Well-Lighted Place (The title of another of Hemingway's lesser known works, pardon the pun). A place where you could get away from it all, where you wouldn't have to THINK about your life. As many philosophers have said, this world is a harsh one. You have happiness or you don't, you have friends and lovers or you don't, you have money or you don't, and for those people who don't, there must be a place where they can seek a false sense of comfort, like a quiet cafe in Spain. You will notice that I said false. Yes, it feels good while you are there, but when you walk out the door, or go back home, as you inevitably must, you face the nothing again. disagree. Rain was always doing something destructive in AFTA, either knocking the leaves off of trees or creating mud sloughs for people who had to walk outside, or it was lashing at people's faces. Besides, think realistically for a second. Who likes being outside during a storm. I don't. Who would enjoy having rain pelting you and stinging your face all the time? And who could forget the bat that paid Frederick and Catherine a visit? A bat flying into thier room was certainly not a good omen in any sense. Bats have been harbingers of doom in many cultures, and I think that that particular element was incorporated into this story. That being said, I think that Hemingway believed that nature is a truth. Well, more of a half-truth. Nature's simplicity allows it to be clo
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