Lost Your Passport?

(Hemingway, 96-100)

Literary Term: Imagery

Basically this chapter begins the many passages that form the image of Spain. Inbetween the details of the fellowship, buildings, heat, clear water, and winding roads, the reader travels to the relaxing atomsphere of the land. This image does only reflect only the beautiful aspects of Spain, for it also has detail of unpleasant things such as smuggling and illegal immigration. By the way, could the fellow that tried to enter the nation be a sense of foreshadow? This man is worn down, has a pathetic excuse for a goat or kid, and has no passport. In my opinion he reflects Jacob, who throughout the entire book and through the ending is worn down by rejection and loss of love but dispite his sorry state will always be rejected by his "loss of passport" if you will. Anywho this passage works well to paint the scene, my favorite element being the great detail of the rivers and trees and mountains. I can almost feel the motion sickness from such country roads...