Hemingway- symbolism

In Hemingway’s writing, he uses a very deep and twisted form of symbolism like "against the wall" and "in the shadows."  It’s twisted because of the fact that it has to deal with death in one way or another.

When you see the words "against the wall: in Hemingway’s writing it means that they are going to commit suicide or they are going to be killed.  For example in his story “Indian Camp” when the husband of the woman who is giving birth and the doctor says the woman doesn’t matter only the baby does.  It made the husband turn to face toward the wall and killed himself by slitting his own throat with a razor blade.

The words "in the shadows" mean that they are going to do something very bad soon or have done something bad.  For example in his story “A Clean Well Lighted Place”, the shadows have a huge role in the story’s meaning.  When the younger waiter was sitting in the chair he was sitting in the shadows while the older waiter sat in the chair that was well lighted.  In addition, when the old blind man was walking home he was walking into the shadows, which represents that he is very unhappy in this case.

 Hemingway’s writing has a very deep and intense form of symbolism that you can’t find in anyone else’s writing.  You also can’t find his “Subject-verb-direct object” sentence structure that has as much depth in the story than in anyone else’s writing.