The Old Man and the Sea

how does hemingway describe suffering? cite examples from novels

how does heming describe suffering?

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The Old Man and the Sea

"It was cold after the sun went down and the old man’s sweat dried cold on his back and his arms and his old legs. During the day he had taken the sack that covered the bait box and spread it in the sun to dry. After the sun went down he tied it around his neck so that it hung down over his back and he cautiously worked it down under the line that was across his shoulders now. The sack cushioned the line and he had found a way of leaning forward against the bow so that he was almost comfortable. The position actually was only somewhat less intolerable; but he thought of it as almost comfortable."

A Farewell to Arms

“You are so brave and quiet I forget you are suffering.”