Of course Europe is overflowing with speaciality wine and liquor, but this is something unfamiliar to the United States. Yes drinking alcohol is a common thing for us Americans but surely not as much as the Europeans. They seem to drink some form of alcohol (beer, wine, liquor) like it is water! I believe the author uses drinking and becoming "tight" or "cock-eyed" (pgs 85, 122, 144--as well as other places throughout the book) as a motif. I think he is either trying to show the European culture or another idea not yet revealed. I'll be keeping a close eye out for more "drunk motifs."
To Be Continued. . .
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ReplyDeletei am reading this novel now and it truly seems that the author can not go a page witout talking of drinking. Another phrase hemingway uses to describe these drunk characters is "pie-eyed."
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