• Function:
Effectively convey the mood of the
hero —Harr y, dying, and regretting.
Figures of Speech
• Personification: e.g. A four tБайду номын сангаас planed down, to run quick-legged and then waddle slowly toward the others.
Summary of The Story
• The Snows of Kilimanjaro was written during
Hemingway’s second travel and haunting in Africa. It tells a story about Harry, a writer, who went to Africa to gain a new life with his lover Helen. Because Harry did not use iodine when a thorn scratched his knee, he was infected and got the gangrene. The story just showed what happened to Harry when he awaited death on the vast prairie. Harry could not move physically at that time, but his thoughts were active, therefore, he recalled his former life, regretted deeply. In the end, his soul went to the summit of Kilimanjaro when he finally died.
