THE THEME OF SOLITUDE IN THE SELECT WORKS OF ERNEST HEMINGWAY

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Mary Siniya M V, S Uma Maheswari

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The objective of this paper is to make a detailed analysis of solitude in the select works of Ernest Hemingway. The cause of solitude is itemized by extracting the influencing factors like anxiety, despair, loneliness, etc. The outcome of solitude is studied in this paper. This study will focus on the four of Hemingway’s works: The Sun Also Rises, A Farewell to Arms, For Whom the Bell Tolls, and The Old Man and the Sea. The passion of Hemingway’s life was to write truth with honesty, direct, clear, and absolute without interpretation. Hemingway presents the theme of solitude, violence, and death to portray there are complications in life, but the afflicted life loses its swindle before the people of courage and perseverance. Hemingway’s war experiences made a drastic psychological impact on him, which was reflected in most of his works. Hemingway’s view of life turns after he participates in World War I and World War II.

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