Hemingway’s Plain Language

Complicates the common view that Hemingway’s simple sentences are meant to faithfully transcribe fact. Berman references Ludwig Wittgenstein’s theories that language often falsifies and is a barrier to expression, arguing that Hemingway felt similarly. Identifies passages from The Sun Also Rises, particularly bar and café scenes conveying nonverbal communication, exemplifying the complexity of Hemingway’s plain language