Answer the following questions about the published version of Hemingway’s “Big Two-Hearted River”:
What are some terms you might use to describe the style of this story? Style can be difficult to describe, so use your own words and be creative.
You should already have compiled a short catalog of “iceberg moments,” as I describe them above. There’s no need to offer extra-textual explanations for these; focus simply on noticing them, and allow yourself to be intuitive. Pick a few moments from your personal catalog and share them on the discussion board. Why did these instances in the text stand out to you? Why do you get the sense that they gesture toward something beneath the surface of the story?
Now answer the following about “On Writing,” which, as you know, is from an earlier (rejected) version of the same story not released during Hemingway’s lifetime:
Does the deleted section feel different? How? What do you notice? Do we learn anything that Hemingway perhaps later decided to keep from us?
What analogy is drawn between writing and other media?
Do you have a preference between the two versions? Why?
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