Big Two-Hearted River
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Big Two-Hearted River
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Ernest Hemingway
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Introduction
Intro
Plot Summary
Plot
Summary & Analysis
Part I
Part II
Themes
All Themes
The Inevitability of Change
Nature and Control
Physical vs. Emotional Suffering
Quotes
Characters
All Characters
Nick
Hopkins
Symbols
All Symbols
Seney
The River
Black Grasshoppers
The Swamp
Lit Devices
All Literary Devices
Allusions
Genre
Hyperbole
Imagery
Irony
Metaphors
Mood
Setting
Similes
Situational Irony
Style
Tone
Theme Wheel
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