The Snows of Kilimanjaro Group

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voguegrlx
voguegrlx

Why did Hemingway choose Mt. Kilamanjaro as the setting?

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Posted by voguegrlx on Wednesday March 14, 2007 at 8:48 PM and tagged with setting, the snows of kilimanjaro.

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  1. janeyb

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    I think he did for the nature and purity of the mountain. To set it elsewhere Harry would be surrounded by other people and distractions, it is only somewhere so pure and beautiful that death can really take on the clarity that Hemmingway explores.

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    Posted by janeyb on Thursday March 15, 2007 at 8:08 AM