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Symbolism In The Snows Of Kilimanjaro

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ERNEST HEMINGWAY - The Snows of Kilimanjaro

Ernest Hemingway is the greatest American novelist and short story writer " who captured the imagination of the world." He was a temper inclined both to adventure and to a profound meditation, "obsessively concerned with himself and with his own experience. " Hemingway was born in the family of a small town at Oak Park,Illinois,on July 21 in 1899.Hemingway made many trips including several safaris to Africa and because of these African trips he wrote The Green Hills of Africa(1935) and two of his best short stories, The Snows of Kilimanjaro(1936) and The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber(1938). Hemingway expected to accomplish two major focuses in his works: " to discover truth in daily life " and in the same time " to convey it to mankind by mens of symbols " using his own comprehension about life and also about people in an artistic language. The short story The Snows of Kilimanjaro written in 1936 represents an important stage in his literary creation.The theme of The Snows of Kilimanjaro is relatively simple: the story of the death of a writer.Hemingway 's own experience on safari help him to explain for the origin of the story.This short story is …show more content…

Snow is the main symbol in this story: " Kilimanjaro is a snow-covered mountain 19,710 feet high, and is said to be the highest mountain in Africa./ Looking out the window and seeing snow on the mountains... /The deserter came with his bloody feet in the snow.../ The snow was as smooth to see as cake frosting... "etc. Snow is described in various scenes,for example in Harry’s flashbacks,during his meditations and also in the dream going on before his death when the rescue plane takes him and ended with the image of the snow which covers the peak of Kilimanjaro.Snow can be seen as a mystery,hard to achieve and understand it,but not impossible.This peak where we find snow is a place that I see as intagible for ordinary

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