Literary Analysis of ''a Very Short Story
''A very short story'' by Ernest Hemingway.
Title: ''A very short story''
Author: Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961).
Source: CAPPELEN DAMM AS, Oslo 2008 – ''Access to English literature, VG3''. Anthony, Burgess, Mikkelsen & Sørhus. Chapter 1, page 23-24.
Setting.
A lot of geographic places are mentioned in the short story, as the characters move around, however the most important part of the story is set to Padua, in northern Italy. The story is about an Italian woman, Luz, and an American soldier, so the action takes place during a war, my guess is World War one, because of the word ''armistice'' that is a word used considering WWI. More precisely, around 1918-1919 (the armistice of WWI was in 1918 and the last part of the story takes place a while after the armistice) The duration of the story is about a year. It starts in the spring/summer ''on hot evening in Padua...'', the solider stays at the hospital for three months after this ''Luz stayed on night duty for three months.'', the WWI armistice was on November 11th 1918 (http://www.firstworldwar.com/timeline/1918.htm ), after the armistice, Luz moves to Pordenone ''….living in the muddy, rainy town in the winter.....''. And finally, the story ends with ''The major did not marry her in the spring...''.
Characters.
Luz: An Italian woman, working at a hospital in Padua, where she meets her lover, the American soldier. It seems as though everyone likes her, both the staff and the patients. Luz also seems very devoted to her lover, when he is sent to the frontier, she writes him lots of letters, despite him not being able to receive or answer them. She obviously loves him very much (or at least, she seems to think so), however she does not want to go to America with him, before he has found him a good job, which indicates her having doubts about their love.
The American soldier: This character is only referred to as ''him'' or ''he'', we never get to know his name. The fact that he is an American
Title: ''A very short story''
Author: Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961).
Source: CAPPELEN DAMM AS, Oslo 2008 – ''Access to English literature, VG3''. Anthony, Burgess, Mikkelsen & Sørhus. Chapter 1, page 23-24.
Setting.
A lot of geographic places are mentioned in the short story, as the characters move around, however the most important part of the story is set to Padua, in northern Italy. The story is about an Italian woman, Luz, and an American soldier, so the action takes place during a war, my guess is World War one, because of the word ''armistice'' that is a word used considering WWI. More precisely, around 1918-1919 (the armistice of WWI was in 1918 and the last part of the story takes place a while after the armistice) The duration of the story is about a year. It starts in the spring/summer ''on hot evening in Padua...'', the solider stays at the hospital for three months after this ''Luz stayed on night duty for three months.'', the WWI armistice was on November 11th 1918 (http://www.firstworldwar.com/timeline/1918.htm ), after the armistice, Luz moves to Pordenone ''….living in the muddy, rainy town in the winter.....''. And finally, the story ends with ''The major did not marry her in the spring...''.
Characters.
Luz: An Italian woman, working at a hospital in Padua, where she meets her lover, the American soldier. It seems as though everyone likes her, both the staff and the patients. Luz also seems very devoted to her lover, when he is sent to the frontier, she writes him lots of letters, despite him not being able to receive or answer them. She obviously loves him very much (or at least, she seems to think so), however she does not want to go to America with him, before he has found him a good job, which indicates her having doubts about their love.
The American soldier: This character is only referred to as ''him'' or ''he'', we never get to know his name. The fact that he is an American