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…showed last 75 words of 2040 total…deeply tragic. The last act resides in France where Jake is left with no true assurance of the benefits of on life over the other. With the structure of the novel these important aspects disclose themselves, and the meaning escapes. Yet, while Hemingway reflects aspects of his life and of the twentieth century, he links setting, characterization, theme and style beautifully to the time in which he was writing about, and therefore creating a masterpiece.