The Snows of Kilimanjaro by Ernest Hemingway

Questions for analysis
  1. What is Harry's code of life?
  2. What is the significance of the leopard? the hyena? the vultures? the mountain?
  3. Does the infection of Harry's leg denote a metaphor?
  4. How does Harry relate to women?
  5. Why has Harry's productivity as a writer been compromised?


Questions for contemplation
  1. Is Harry's epiphany comparable to that of Ivan Ilych? or Jaromir Hladik?
  2. How do we justify our existence?







2 comments:

  1. Ken FeldmanMarch 22, 2016 at 5:16 PM

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  2. Ken FeldmanMarch 22, 2016 at 5:45 PM

    Here's an interesting take on the philosophical perspectives embedded in Hemingway's corpus:

    "Hemingway and the Hero: L.A. Rowland campaigns to instate Ernest Hemingway as a philosopher-hero."
    Philosophy Now Magazine, 2009
    https://philosophynow.org/issues/72/Hemingway_and_the_Hero

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