Hemingway's Portrayal Of Nick's Consolation
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Webster's Dictionary defines comfort as, "to give strength, hope to,
or to console" (61). People find strength or consolation in different
ways. Each person has a unique manner and need for that special thing
that comforts them. Baker writes that: "Hemingway , on several accounts,
writes ....
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.... moral certainty" (6).
Mrs. Adams constantly questions the actions of Dr. Adams and Nick.
According to Jackson Benson, after the row with Dick Boulton in "The
Doctor and the Doctor's Wife," Mrs. Adams only attempts to second guess
Dr. Adams.
Instead of backing her husband up or sympathizing with him, Mrs.
Adams scolds her husband and expresses the suspicion that it was Dr. Adams
who caused all the trouble. Her tone effectively reduces the doctors
status to that of a little boy. ....
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