1.In the beginning of "The Snows of Kilimanjaro" by Hemingway is where Harry's personality will be examined. Harry first speaks and refers to death when he says, "the marvelous thing is that it's painless" he also asks as to whether it is the "sight" or the "stench" of his infected leg that has drawn the "filthy birds." It is noticeable that he is a bit of a realist (or a pessimistic) since his reply to Helen when she says that they might as well, "make it as easy as we can until the plane comes," is "or until the plan doesn't come." He makes another reference to his imminent death by saying, "I'm dying now. Ask those bastards," as he points towards the birds. It is also shown in the beginning that there is something in his life that he regrets, "So now it was all over, he thought.…
