Autonomy of Desire the Novels of Ernest Hemingway

This book purposes to reveal Ernest Hemingway's vision of man and his action, related to 'self in the novels. With his staunch faith in the potential and dignity of man, he contends that the ultimate goal of man should be to make an exploration of self. Virtually quest for self-realization has been a perpetual process of humans since the primitive ages. Prophets, sages, and seers-they all have spent their entire life in the attainment of this truth. In this process, they discover a maxim: "Know thy self," which proves to be a key to the understanding of human life shrouded in mystery. Hemingway finds man caught in the web of worldly dazzle, dreams, and illusions, who gets alienated farther and farther from his self. His protagonists, therefore, with a life of dynamism and incessant struggle.