Snows On Kilimanjaro By Ernest Hemingway

Throughout the short story, “Snows on Kilimanjaro” by Ernest Hemingway, the principles of a Hemingway Hero are shown through the development of the main character Henry. A Hemingway hero has many different qualities such as being a typical manly man, which include drinking a lot of alcohol, getting with a lot of girls, hunting and fights and also accepting the challenges of life and not being afraid of death. Henry develops his character throughout the storyline by proving that he is a Hemingway Hero. First, he mentions having a drink many times and he asks for his current wife to make him a drink. After Henry asing once and being shot down, the wife eventually gives in and just gives him what he wants, “‘Should we have a drink? The sun is down.’ ‘Do you think we should?’ ‘I’m having one.’” Henry does not have any interest in what she wants, he is going to have a drink either way, showing his manliness by not listening to his wife.
He says “I’d like to destroy you a few times in bed.”, talking to his wife. He only sees women as sedually and he does not truly love them. This makes Henry a Hemingway Hero because he does not let anyone else have the control over his situation and he does his own thing. Next, Henry goes hunting in the Kimajario Mountains, that is how he got into this situation originally. He shows his manliness and hows that he is not a coward by going out into the wilderness and being free and hunting. The biggest factor that developed Henry into a Hemingway Hero is the fact that he accepts his death. The basis of the story is Henry recounting his life and thinking about on all the memories he has. He has many flashbacks on what he did throughout his life and all the people he