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 What of the story’s end? We discover that the subjunctive mood extends to
-the final act—and to the two endings. In the first ending, Harry is rescu
+the final act—and to the two endings. In the first ending, Harry is rescued
+from the African plain by Compton and flown past the snow-covered mountain of Kilimanjaro, “as wide as all the world, great, high, and unbelievably white in the sun” {{sfn|Scribner|2003|pp=27}}. This we could call the “happy” ending—beloved of
+Hollywood and the Hallmark Channel. Ostensibly, the flight and the mountain could represent immortality. But, we ask, immortality for whom? Not
+for poor Harry, for just before this scene we read that “the weight went from
+his chest” {{sfn|Scribner|2003|pp=25}}. Does the story itself, “The Snows of Kilimanjaro,” possess a kind of immortality, one that is shared by its implied author, Ernest Hemingway? Perhaps it does.
+Then,with a jolt,we realize the truth
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