Complete 5 page APA formatted essay: Short Fiction Research.Download file to see previous pages... In fact it not only man whose countenance, behavior and truth behind existence is floundering. every

Complete 5 page APA formatted essay: Short Fiction Research.

In fact it not only man whose countenance, behavior and truth behind existence is floundering. every single object that exists around us is symbolic none of which can be interpreted merely by looking at it. Both the writers have selected vastly different approaches to the fairly related theme. To understand what exactly is the truth one needs to be able to accept the fact that what is visible is not always the truth. Both the story subtly touch upon the fact that deeper implications maybe present to what someone sees right in the front. A clean well lighted place by Ernest Hemingway is a short story where we do not find too many characters. The story consisted of just three main characters- the old man at the bar and the two waiters. The old man at the bar who preferred the clean and quaint cafe and sat there late into the night till he was drunk, sets the theme of the small story. The dialogues between the young and the old waiters who discuss about the old man’s habit of drinking into the night without caring about anything have much deeper implications. The reader has the task of inferring the speaker from what is spoken. In the short story a good man is hard to find uses several characters- the grandmother, son, daughter-in-law, the two children Misfit and the other killers who through their various actions and verbal expressions too shed light on the core theme of the story. It is however to be noted that both the stories end in a similar manner where we see the characters introspecting on what was the reality of their actions and existence but somewhere the doubt about the subject matter clung on to them. A high percentage of similarity between the two short fiction stories lies in the fact that both of them are related to movements or styles of writing the origins of which are mostly related to violence or tragedy. Ernest Hemingway’s story can be related today with the concept of existentialism which was “philosophical movement with literary applications rather than a literary movement with philosophical pretensions “(Flynn, 2012 p 248). After World War 1 most styles of writing portrayed the personal inner wants of the writers who wanted to seek change and a better life. The writers questioned their existence. This style was taken up by Hemingway’s in his short story –A clean, well lighted place. A profoundly similar connection maybe drawn between O’Connor’s short story and Southern American Gothic literature, the core style of writing of which has been derived from parts of South America and maybe related to their ways of life. Parts of South America have an unsettling past because of the civil wars, slavery and negligence. The concept of “nothingness” can be seen the writing.” After all its insomnia. Many must have it” (a clean well lighted place) shows that the character who speaks in the context tries and consoles himself of his own existence and tries to find an answer to his own “nothingness”. In the other story Misfit says “it’s no pleasure in life” which depicts that his earlier conclusion that murder and blood spilling was good for him was actually not which he realized at the end. It seems he suddenly became aware of the “nothingness” or the hollow inside of him which he has no reason for.