Now I Lay Me by Ernest Hemingway

Name: Now I Lay Me
Author: Ernest Hemingway

Now I Lay Me is a collection of short stories by Ernest Hemingway, first published in 1930. The stories are set in the 1920s and 1930s, and explore themes of love, loss, and the human condition. The collection includes stories such as "The Killers," "The Battler," "The Three-Day Blow," "A Very Short Story," and "The Snows of Kilimanjaro." These stories feature characters who are struggling to make sense of their lives and the world around them. They are often disillusioned and struggling to find meaning in their lives. The stories in Now I Lay Me are often seen as a precursor to Hemingway's later works, such as The Sun Also Rises and A Farewell to Arms. They explore themes of love, loss, and the human condition, and are often seen as a reflection of Hemingway's own struggles with depression and his search for meaning in life.

By Ernest Hemingway · First published 1927 · Genre: Modernist Literature, Realism, Fiction · 3,043 words

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THAT NIGHT WE LAY ON THE FLOOR IN the room and I listened to the silk-worms eating. The silk-worms fed in racks of mulberry leaves and all night you could hear them eating and a dropping sound in the leaves. I myself did not want to sleep because I had been living for a long time with the knowledge that if I ever shut my eyes in the dark and let myself go, my soul would go out of my body. I had been that way for a long time, ever since I had been blown up at night and felt it go out of me and go off and then come back. I tried never to think about it, but it had started to go since, in the nights, just at the moment of going off to sleep, and I could only stop it by a very great effort. So while now I am fairly sure that it would not really have gone out, yet then, that summer, I was unwilling to make the experiment.

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Work type: Novel
Author: Ernest Hemingway
Date: 1927 CE
Language: English
Genres: Modernist Literature, Realism, Fiction, Short Story
Length: 3,043 words
Structure: 1 section, 82 paragraphs
Reading fit: Fairly Easy (7th Grade)

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Modernist Literature — Now I Lay Me is a short story written by Ernest Hemingway, a renowned author of the Modernist literary movement. The story follows a young man's journey of self-discovery and his struggle to find meaning in life, which are common themes in Modernist literature.
Realism — Now I Lay Me is a realistic story that follows a young man's journey of self-discovery and his struggle to find meaning in life. The story is written in a straightforward, realistic style, which is characteristic of the Realism genre.
Fiction — Now I Lay Me is a work of fiction written by Ernest Hemingway. The story follows a young man's journey of self-discovery and his struggle to find meaning in life, which are common themes in fiction.
Short Story — Now I Lay Me is a short story written by Ernest Hemingway. The story follows a young man's journey of self-discovery and his struggle to find meaning in life, which are common themes in short stories.