Posted by Pjk on July 20, 19101 at 12:32:23:

In Reply to: Re: .. And would you be so kind to..? posted by Aggie on July 20, 19101 at 08:45:21:

It's shart and very easy to read. Hemingway was
kind of chastized by some of the critics because he seemed never to take a stand, either politiaclly or societally, on the various issues of the day, and this novel, which was really envisioned as several related stories, was his reply. It shows the struggle between the Haves and the Have-nots, thus the title, and the last words of Harry Morgan echo this theme..."One man alone ain't got a chance."

This this theme was picked up by the Communists as an example of a great American writer embracing and espousing the message of the Revolution, and all of a sudden, Hemingway was being read in Russia. This lasted only a few years and ended with the publication of For Whom the Bell Tolls, and the depiction of the Communist-backed Republican raid on Pablo's village. Where the villagers were forced to run the gamut of the Republican soldiers and jump off of the cliff. All of a sudden, Hemingway was persona non grata in Russia, but remained popular as an underground author.

Anyway, Hary's being forced to carry the Chinese ly from Cuba to Florida can be seen as much against the US Governement'a attempt to revitalize the Key West economy as an esposal of any Communist or totalitarian ideas. He had seen what the great huricane had done to the unprotected workers on the Florda - Key West railroad, and To Have and Have Not was as much a response to this as anything else. See his short story After the Storm.

Let me know if you need help

Pjk

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