Jenny Lynn values her traditions. She tells her son not to go to school because education was not a part of their livelihood. She wanted him to learn fishing from his father. The mother also did not want her daughters to marry strangers. She wanted them to get married to fishermen because fishermen were local and hardworking men. She moved out of her husband’s room because he was not organized. He kept the room messy with papers, books, and cigarettes scattered all around.
The writer mentions that she kept things clean, spotless and in order. She also loved taking care of the family. She always made sure the father and the son packed lunch whenever they went to work. Her children and husband had a home where they could be safe and healthy.
Hemmingway’s fishing activities were so various that he could always wake up early in the morning and headed straight to work. He worked in all seasons without hesitation. The only time he stayed at home was when he was sick. Even past the age of sixty years, he still kept working. He died in the sea doing what he loved to do. He always was sure that his family had food and basic things. The money he earned were the source to pay school fees for the children.
He also liked reading so much that everyone in the house noticed it. He subscribed to a newspaper and magazines. His daughters sent him books to read even after they got married. He loved singing, and when he went out with the tourists, they recorded his songs. The songs helped him forget his sorrows. He also enjoyed drinking and smoking. He valued education and encouraged his son to go to school.
Ernest Hemmingway’s new friends from the hotel came back and brought him a photo. Tourists loved him, and they showed it by leaving notes at the back of the pictures. They came to express their gratitude. His wife, however, did not appreciate his reading culture. She was wondering how books could help someone through life. The narrator shows how much he loved his father when he decided to go to work with him.
The narrator got used to his father so much that he even woke up in the middle of the night or at four in the morning. He felt so lonely that he thought his life was meaningless. He started visiting the all-night restaurant to find some consolation in alcohol. At the end of the story, the state of the corpse of his father weighs him down.
The writer of God’s Grandeur uses similes to help describe God in a literal way, so that the reader could compare it to current things. The narrator could not explain the greatness of God without relating to His creation.
Examples of consonants are: Generations have trod, have trod, have trod and shares man’s smell. The assonance includes: nature is never spent and bleared, smeared with toil. They depict how humanity has struggled and traveled over the years. They also explain that man smells like the soil that God used to create him from. The rhymes help persist and give meaning to the intended conversation.
The Holy Spirit is like a bird taking care of its nest. It shows how God allows the Holy Ghost to assist human beings. Keats’ Bright Star and Hopkins’ God’s Grandeur both describe nature as being subject to God’s command. They also show that one cannot compare God’s greatness to anything. They depict Him as the Supernatural being that created the universe.