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Logan Pearsall Smith once said “It is not what an author says, but what he or she whispers, that is important.” - Logan Pearsall Smith. This quote is explain that it’s not what the authors write in their story but it is what they are try to explain to the people reading their work that’s important. Also it’s the meaning behind their writing that’s its important. The stamen by Pearsall is an accurate explanation of Ernest Hemingway way of writing. Both “Soldier’s Home” by Ernest Hemingway and “Hills like white elephant” also by Ernest Hemingway support the idea that women are the cause of all men sadness and without women men will be more successful and free, Hemingway shows this in his work by using Krebs and the American, Hemingway uses symbolism and irony to explain his reason even though their wrong.
To continue the novel “Soldier Home” show that men life revolved around women. One way Hemingway shows this is his view of life is by using symbolism in the story. Symbolism is anything that stands for or represents something else. The car that Krebs finally get is an example o...

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