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Abstract
Hemingway, as the most representative master of American literature, on whom President Kennedy gave comments: Few Americans than Ernest Hemingway on the American people’s feelings and attitudes has had a greater impact. Based on his colorful experience of life, Hemingway creates “dauntless men”, called code heroes by people. He uses many kinds of writing techniques to shape his heroes. In fact, every code hero has his own limitation, but the spirit of dauntless men and their attitude towards life, their value to the society are very worth exploring.
By interpreting the images of the heroes in Hemingway’s famous novels, this thesis will analyze the development of the images of code hero and the reasons for its evolution, therefore to explore the limitation of code hero and its significance to the modern society.
Keywords: Hemingway; code hero; characterization; the spirit of dauntless men
Contents
Abstract
摘要
1.Introduction1
2.Literature Review.1
3.The Development of the Image of Code Hero2
3.1 Jack Barnes in The Sun Also Rises.2
3.2 Frederic Henry in A Farewell to Arms.2
3.3 Roberto Jordan in For Whom the Bell Tolls.3
3.4 Santiago in The Old Man and the Sea3
4.The Writing Technique of Code Hero4
4.1 The tragic fates of the characters.4
4.2 The perfect foil of female images5
4.3 The application of iceberg principle6
5.The Illumination of Code Hero7
5.1 The limitation of code hero.7
5.2 The significance of code hero8
6.Conclusion.9
Works Cited10