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Symbolism in A Farewell to ArmsLightDirections: The following references to light in the page instance your notes 3 big guns pass in the day 45 white Austrian Alps far away 51 searchlights 56 light inside the dressing station 88 searchlights & dawn & sleeping in daylight 101 searchlight vs. bat 114 light shines on C.B.'s blonde hair 131 horse, "Light for Me," finishes 4th out of 5 152 chandelier light on C.B.'s hair & lights 157-158 hats of carabinieri in light; C.B.'s 159 lights of station & rail yards 272 moonlight while they're on the lake 318 cloudy but sun trying to come through 327 light from window seen outside 328 light in hallway 332 F. H. turns off light Assembling a thesis: Could there be one association for artificial light and a different association for daylight? Try to summarize your notes into one or two statements about what light means in this story and what this meaning does to intensify the impact of this novel. |
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novel may add up to a
pattern that shows Hemingway is using traditional connotations of light or
making his own pattern of association with light in order to emphasize a theme
of the novel or intensify the impact of the novel. Look up each reference, confirm or change the note on the content of the instance, and make notes
about which instances suggest similar connotations.
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