This book purposes to reveal Ernest Hemingway's vision of man and his action
related to 'self in the novels. With his staunch faith in the potential and
dignity of man, he contends that the ultimate goal of man should be to make an
exploration of self. Virtually quest for self-realization has been a perpetual
process of humans since the primitive ages. Prophets, sages, and seers ?Çô they
all have spent their entire life in the attainment of this truth. In this
process, they discover a maxima: ?ÇUKPKnow thy self,?ÇÙ which proves to be a key
to the understanding of human life shrouded in mystery. Hemingway finds