Lizzy HemannSnows Essay3/3/2014English Ms. CornogThe themes of love, writing, and anger are explored in Hemingway's short story, "The Snows of Kilimanjaro" . When Harry, the main character, contracts gangrene from a scratch on his leg, he finds himself at death's door full of regrets, mourning the inevitable loss of the only meaningful relationship he has left, his relationship with the writing. The loss of his relationship with his wife, Helen, does not seem to upset him as much as the loss of the ability to share all the experiences he had left to write about, which clearly demonstrates his attachment to writing and his inability to really love. his wife. For Harry, writing comes first. Harry doesn't love his wife Helen as much as he loves his writing. He and Helen had become refuges for each other; they had a superficial relationship that existed to numb the pain of past losses. Neither Helen nor Harry wanted to be alone, so they got married. Helen married Harry so she wouldn't have to feel alone; Harry married Helen for her financial situation and for the sexual benefits that came with marriage. Love wasn't part of the equation. Harry comments on her physical appearance, publicizing her "good breasts" and "useful thighs". But Harry seems to hate his relationship with his wife, attributing the downfall of his writing to his comfortable and financially stable life with her. While arguing with himself, Harry expresses his anger towards Helen when he says: "that rich bitch, that kind guardian and destroyer of his talent." Harry seems to realize that he will never be able to feel true love towards a woman again, so he devotes the only true love and affection he has left to his writing. Sincerely... middle of paper ......aro: "And there, before him, all he could see, as wide as the whole world, big, tall and impossibly white in the sun, was the place. summit of Kilimanjaro. And then he knew that's where he was going. His death was an experience that could not be ruined by his laziness and bitter view of the world, his death becoming "the only experience he had ever had and that he was not going to waste now." Harry's lack of love, success and something. Living comes down to one thing: the fear of failure. All his life he was reluctant to truly feel love and pain. But at the end of his life, he finally lets his emotions in and feels deep regret and sorrow for everything he lost and everything he failed to accomplish. He is forced to reflect on everything he has loved and everything he has lost, in a way he never could have done had he not been at death's door..