My Swift And My Armor Character Analysis

Hemingway
In “Snows of Kilimanjaro”, we have a man named Harry and his wife Helen that is stranded on a safari in Africa. Harry is very cranky and hateful towards his wife, I think for a couple of reasons. One is that he resents her because she is a very wealthy lady, “Your bloody money”, “Your damned money was my armour. My Swift and my Armour”, are just a couple of lines that reinforce that idea (Hemingway 2207, 2209). “This rich bitch, this kindly caretaker and destroyer of his talent” shows that he also resents her because he feels as if she is the main reason for him not being successful as a writer (Hemingway 2210). “A thorn had scratched his knee as they moved forward trying to photograph a herd of waterbuck standing” is how Harry injured

Dexter is a very ambitious and well driven person when it comes to the thought of being a wealthy young man. In regards to Judy, she is a very attractive young woman, who catches the eye of many fellow men. But has a thirst that never can be quenched, which makes her unsatisfied. Dexter’s infatuation with Judy I believe comes from the idea of a wealthy materialistic way of living and she has always been a part of that idea. And to him without her he has not fully succeed his “winter dreams” This relationship in a way is healthy for Dexter as Judy seems to play his muse to become wealthy, which in fact he does. But it’s also unhealthy for the fact that we realize to be with her is unrealistic. We can see parallels between “Winter Dreams” and “Snows of Kilimanjaro” in the way of wealth. In “Winter Dreams” a high standing and large amount of money is all that Dexter strives for to win the love of his life Judy. In “Snows of Kilimanjaro” We see Harry that chased after women of wealth and never obtained what he truly wanted to do. In both stories wealth has caused a wedge between

He tries to spark some by telling Norton about Rufus eating out of a garbage can. But he fails and causes his son to remember that his mother has been dead for over a year. Sheppard wants to take in Rufus Johnson to help turn him in to a good child instead of a delinquent and then take the credit. But Rufus becomes resentful saying that Sheppard acts like he his God and then gets in trouble on purpose and then tells a reporter, “He thinks he’s God. I’d rather be in the reformatory than in his house, I’d rather in the pen!” (O’Connor 480). Norton does not like the presence of Rufus at first but later tends to tolerate it because it was a distraction to Sheppard so that Norton could kill his self to be in Heaven with his mother has stated by Rufus. I believe that even though Rufus may be “lame” because of his club foot he does not fit the “lame” in the title. I feel the “lame” in the title is referring to someone that thinks they know everything but actually