Each person experiences some kind of a traumatic event at least once in his/ her life. During that period of time people usually feel pain, loneliness and sadness; sometimes they also feel angry or desperate or guilty or even dying. The examples of such stage could be found not only in real life but also in the most famous American novels and stories.
There are numerous examples of pain killers in the short stories of Hemingway; one of them is called "The Snows of Kilimanjaro". The main character in this story, Harry, is suffering from the gangrene in his leg which reflects his pain and conflict inside of him. He had lived the life and he was not satisfied with what he accomplished; he is full of anger, irritation, guilt for not achieving everything he planned to reach, and fear of death that he projects into the world and gets it back in real signs (his rotting leg, vultures circling in the air, and hyena walking around and making noises). All in all, Harry feels weak, bored,......
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