海明威的冰山理论在《乞力马扎罗的雪》中的应用

In this novel, the movement of physical space is combined with juxtaposition, flashback, backtracking and other narrative techniques, highlighting the three-dimensional space effect of the novel. The beginning of the novel identifies the geological space in which the story takes place and presents the reader with a highly symbolic picture: Kilimanjaro is the highest mountain in Africa. Its western peak is called the "temple of God." Near the west peak there was a dried and frozen carcass of a leopard. No one could explain what the leopards were looking for at such a high altitude. Most of Hemingway's novels are about death and immortality, and Snow is no exception. The carcass of a leopard is a symbol of death, and the snow mountain is a symbol of immortality. The leopard attempted to climb to the top of the mountain, although he failed, but also achieved physical immortality. Harry, like the leopard, pursued spiritual immortality until death.

What do leopards go to the top of mountains to find?

The author does not answer directly, leopards naturally do not go there to seek death. In his last days, Harry imagined that he was sitting in an airplane, crossing the mountains and facing the snow, looking at the dazzling snow scenery of Kilimanjaro peak, and his soul left his body and flew to the top of Kilimanjaro mountain. What they're looking for is immortality of the soul, immortality of the spirit

2024-07-08

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