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===== HEMINGWAY AND “THE SNOWS OF KILIMANJARO” (1936) =====
===== HEMINGWAY AND “THE SNOWS OF KILIMANJARO” (1936) =====
In his short story “The Snows of Kilimanjaro,” Hemingway began his long search for what Rose Marie Burwell has called “a form and style that would express his reflexive vision of the artist” (), a search that occupied him to the end of his life.3 The story tells of Harry, dying on the African plain of gangrene, arguing bitterly with his wife, Helen. With regret, he remembers his life: what he had seen, what he remembered, and what he had not written,
In his short story “The Snows of Kilimanjaro,” Hemingway began his long search for what Rose Marie Burwell has called “a form and style that would express his reflexive vision of the artist” (), a search that occupied him to the end of his life.3 The story tells of Harry, dying on the African plain of gangrene, arguing bitterly with his wife, Helen. With regret, he remembers his life: what he had seen, what he remembered, and what he had not written,
<blockquote>He had seen the world change; not just the events; although he had seen many of them and had watched the people, but he had seen the subtler change and he could remember how people were at different times. He had been in it and he had watched it and his duty was to write of it; but now he never would (“Snows,”).</blockquote>  
<blockquote>He had seen the world change; not just the events; although <br>
he had seen many of them and had watched the people, but <br>
he had seen the subtler change and he could remember how<br>
people were at different times. He had<br>
been in it and he had watched it and his duty was to write of it; but<br>
now he never would (“Snows,”).</blockquote>  




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