“Awriter’sjobistotellthetruth,”saidHemingwayin1942.Nootherwriter
“Awriter’sjobistotellthetruth,”saidHemingwayin1942.Nootherwriterofourtimehadsofiercelyasserted,sopugnaciouslydefendedorsoconsistentlyexemplifiedthewriter’sobligationtospeaktruly.Hisstandardoftruth-tellingremained,moreover,sohighandsorigorousthathewasordinarilyunwillingtoadmitsecondaryevidence,whetherliteraryevidenceorevidencepickedupfromothersourcesthanhisownexperience.“IonlyknowwhatIhaveseen,”wasastatementwhichcameoftentohislipsandpen.Whathehadpersonallydone,orwhatheknewunforgettablybyhavinggonethroughoneversionofit,waswhathewasinterestedintellingabout.Thisisnottosaythatherefusedtoinventfreely.Buthealwaysmadeitasacrosanctpointtoinventintermsofwhatheactuallyknewfromhavingbeenthere. Theprimaryintentofhiswriting,fromfirsttolast,wastoseizeandprojectforthereaderwhatheoftencalled“thewayitwas.”Thisisacharacteristicallysimplephraseforaconceptofextraordinarycomplexity,andHemingway’sconceptionofitsmeaningsubtlychangedseveraltimesinthecourseofhiscareer-alwaysinthedirectionofgreatercomplexity.Atthecoreoftheconcept,however,onecaninvariablydiscerntheoperationofthreeaestheticinstruments;thesenseofplacethesenseoffactandthesenseofscene. Thefirstofthese,obviouslyastrongpassionwithHemingway,isthesenseofplace.“Unlessyouhavegeography,background,”heoncetoldGeorgeAnteil,“Youhavenothing.”Youhave,thatistosay,adramaticvacuum.Fewwritershavebeenmoreplace-conscious.Fewhavesocarefullychartedoutthegeographicalgroundworkoftheirnovelswhilemanagingtokeepbackgroundsoconspicuouslyunobtrusive.Few,accordingly,havebeenabletorecordmoreeconomicallyandgraphicallythewayitiswhenyouwalkthroughthestreetsofParisinsearchofbreakfastatcornercafé…Orwhen,ataroundsixO’sclockofaSpanishdawn,youwatchthebullsrunningfromthecorralsatthePuertaRochapeathroughthestreetsofPamplonatowardsthebullring. “WhenIwokeitwasthesoundoftherocketexplodingthatannouncedthereleaseofthebullsfromthecorralsattheedgeoftown.Downbelowthenarrowstreetwasempty.Allthebalconieswerecrowdedwithpeople.Suddenlyacrowdcamedownthestreet.Theywereallrunning,packedclosetogether.Theypassedalongandupthestreettowardthebullringandbehindthemcamemoremenrunningfaster,andthensomestragglerswhowerereallyrunning.Behindthemwasalittlebarespace,andthenthebulls,galloping,tossingtheirheadsupanddown.Itallwentoutofsightaroundthecorner.Onemanfell,rolledtothegutter,andlayquiet.Butthebullswentrightonanddidnotnoticehim.Theywereallrunningtogether.” Thislandscapeisasmorning-freshasadesigninIndiainkoncleanwhitepaper.Firstisthebarewhitestreet,seenfromabove,quietandempty.Thenoneseesthefirstpackedclotofrunners.Behindthesearethethinnerranksofthosewhomovefasterbecausetheyareclosertobulls.Thenthealmostcomicstragglers,whoare“reallyrunning.”brilliantlybehindtheseshinesthe“littlebarespace,”adesperatemarginforerror.Thentheclotofrunningbulls-closingthedesign,exceptofcourseforthemanintheguttermakinghimself,likethedesigner’sinitials,asinconspicuousaspossible. IthasbeensuggestedthatpartofHemingway’sgeniusliesinthewayinwhichheremoveshimselffromhisstoriesinordertoletreadersexperiencethestoriesforthemselves.Whichofthefollowingelementsofthepassagesupportthissuggestion? Ⅰ.Thecomparisonof“designer’sinitials”tothemanwhofellandlayinthegutter(thelastparagraph)duringtherunningofbulls Ⅱ.Hemingway’sstatedintenttoprojectforthereader“hewayitwas”(thesecondparagraph) III.Hemingway’sabilitytoinventfascinatingtalesfromhisownexperience
A.I only
B.Ⅱ only
C.I and Ⅱ only
D.I and III only
正确答案是C
