ENGB04H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Free Indirect Speech, Ernest Hemingway, Intertextuality
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Shadow vs. light shows contrast in setting, electric light shows industrial revolution-modern environment. Day time vs. night contrast in physical/social/psychological environment. Isolation of old man, he is alone in first sentence-where there used to be a presence there is now an absence. Uses direct discourse to give minimum info for interpretation, contrast but some spectrum of qualities within these characters. Direct discourse +contrast vs. appearance: old waiter has more empathy for old man, young waiter is fixed with time and making life meaningful but old man has similar qualities, old waiter can see both perspectives. Bar is a social light for people trying to relate the light from biblical perspective to that of the joy the bar brings. Nonsensical experience of confronting the contrast in using a confusing language. Exploring how difficult it is to communicate when suffering and acknowledging that other people are suffering. Trauma is often described as being a wound as some animals amputate a leg".
