"All stories, if continued far enough, end in death, and he is no true story teller who would keep that from you," Ernest Hemingway once wrote. This is a sentiment shared by another prominent writer, Nathaniel Hawthorne, whose own stories often include or focus on death. That death plays a part in their stories is a common denominator between Hemingway and Hawthorne, but they handle the subject in different manners. The two authors hold philosophies …showed first 75 words of 834 total…

…showed last 75 words of 834 total…These are views that both Hemingway and Hawthorne hold; they know firsthand some of the difficulties the world offers. That these difficulties will defeat man is not an idea that both will stick to. Hemingway firmly believes that man is incapable of being defeated, while to Hawthorne defeat is inevitable. While both know that the world is a trying place, Hemingway feels that man's spirit can prevail in it. To Hawthorne, man's spirit is lost.