"The Quality of Relationship: Four Hemingway Heroes and Companions" by Crucita Voltz
 

Date of Award

7-1968

Degree Type

Master's Essay - Restricted

Degree Name

Master of Arts (MA)

Department

English

First Advisor

Joseph M. DeFalco

Abstract

In each of the novels proposed for this study (The Sun Also Rises, A Farewell to Arms, For Whom the Bell Tolls, The Old Man and the Sea), Hemingway creates a relationship between the main character and a male figure. Although it is significant that Hemingway supplies a male counterpart, he does not employ this device merely to reveal personality, nor to introduce new elements in the plot. Hemingway's purpose is more integrally related to the specific purport of the novel, since he adjusts the nature and function of the relationship according to the total theme and dimension of the novel. The study of the hero in relation to the secondary character reveals the inner working of Hemingway's moral world and aids in the complex ethical evaluation. Each character merits the reader's attention according to the auxiliary function he carries out in the novel. Hemingway chooses to illustrate aspects of the novel's theme by the character traits and the relationship he establishes for the secondary character. The requirements of action and theme of each novel dictate the characteristic quality of each relation.

Comments

An Essay Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

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