5 Allusions in the novel

• Anti-semitism:"Oh darling, dont be difficult. What do you think it's meant to have that damned Jew about, and Mike the way he's acted?"(Hemingway 187). In the novel Hemingway freely describes common prejudice issues during this time period and region. Multiple times Hemingway deliberatly points out the prejudice towards Jews, or Anti-semitism. Occasionaly Hemingway directs his characters use anti-sematic jokes to create a dark tone and to display the animosity between groups of different individuals.This helps leave a negative connotation on the reader so they will be able to relate to the prejudice occuring in the book.

• World War 1: "It was like certain dinners I remeber from the war. There was much wine, an ignored tension, and a feeling of things coming that you cound not prevent happening,"(Hemingway 150).Throughout the novel Hemingway has frequently brought up the allusion to World War 1. His reoccuring allusion to the war helps create a gloomly tone and also helps aid in imagery and picturing the atmosphere at the current time/setting.
• Pamplona, Spain:"We got into Pamplona late in the afternoon and the bus stopped in front of the Hotel Montoya. Out in the plaza they were stringing electric light wires to light the plaza for the fiesta. A few kids came up when the bus stopped, and a customs officer for the town.."(Hemingway 135). Hemingway uses the common allusion to Pamplona, Spain to create his main setting. Pamplona, a real town in Spain, is beautiful and active. Hemingway uses this allusion to the historical place in Spain to better establish his setting for the reader.
• Alcoholism:" I'm not so damned drunk as I sounded,"he said."We're none of us sober," I said. "But you put it so badly,"Brett laughed, (Hemingway 147). Hemingway in his novel makes a few of his characters, on more than one occasion, get drunk and participate in not so safe situations. Hemingway uses his characters' drinking obsessions to tie in the allusion to alcoholism. Alcoholism, similiar to today, can be seen in the novel as a serious problem and Hemingway tries to bring awareness to this problem through his characters.
• Bull-fights in Spain:"The first bull was Melmonte's. belmonte was very good. But because he got thirty thousand pesetas and people had stayed in line all night to buy tickets to see him, the crowd demanded that he should be more than bery good. Belmonte's great attraction is working close to the bull. In bull-fighting they speak of the terrain of the bull and the terrain of the bull-fighter,"(Hemingway 217). Hemingway multiple times makes allusions to the bull-fighting in Spain. Since most of this novel is set in the villas of Spain, Hemingway makes sure to note the tradictional and famous bull-fights that Spain is famous for. He uses great detail and supportive information to portray to the reader the events and emotions found at the bull-fighting arena. Hemingway makes allusions to Spain bull-fights in order to correctly and effiecently create the setting of his novel.