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Posted by Pjk on May 10, 19101 at 12:23:36:
In Reply to: PJK posted by DR on May 07, 19101 at 14:11:40:
: ::Now. What year is the story being told? 1928. 1928??? How do we
: know this. Well we don't, but with hints here and there, it seems
: that Frederic Henry is telling the story from some time after all of
: the events have taken place. So before we consider the events themselves,
: do we have to consider why Henry has decided to tell them to us?
: Afterall, he will have to admit that he started a casual love affair which
: will lead to Catherine's and the baby's death. He will have to admit to
: his shooting the fleeing sargeant. And he will have to admit to deserting
: when faced with the same situation. So why does he do it?
: What are the hints here and there you use to date it 1928?
Look at the descriptions of the old Counts age. His age is mentioned
twice which gives some hint at the actual year. And the reference to
Babe Ruth's best year as a pitcher. (1927, the year before he was traded
from the Red Sox to the Yankees).
But it really doesn't matter. What matters, I think is that the story is
told from a time after all of the events have taken place, rather that using
the beginning of the novel as the present and each event happening until the
"present" of the end of the novel. Most critics like 1928 because that was
the year it was written by Hemingway.
hth
Pjk
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