The naturalism of the "Snows of Kilimanjaro" by Ernest Hemingway is seen throughout the main character's hubris. Harry's pride in his body manifested when he did not take care of his cut on his leg. He thought it would heal itself, because minor injurys had always healed themselves in the past. Consequently, the inattention to his injury led to his eventual demise.
Stream of consciousness is demonstrated by the narrator as he show, by italics, Harry's thoughts. Many of his thoughts are morose. Death is the major theme of the piece as the dying character dwells on his own dying process.
The writer, Harry, blames the rich women in his life for not allowing him the freedom to write, because of his great love for them. Their smothering love, he believes, distracted him.
Thinking of nothing but death and the regret of not having the potentioal life to write anything else, Charlie tells his present wife of his impending death, but only blames her in his mind.
I believe that if not for the encouragement by his present wife there would not have been a story. The spouse encourages Harry to believe that a plane is coming for him, which will take him to a hospital.
As the gangrene-filled man slips into a coma, he dreams that he is being rescued, but as they get to the place where the pilot and Harry see the snowy part of Kilimanjaro he sees his death in the cold snow topped mountain instead of a hospital.
Ultimately, Harry's wife's optimism did rub off on him, as evidenced by his last dream.
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