I understand the point Hemingway was trying to make, but the story itself was quite strange and so was the writing style. I suppose what I mean is that if Mr. Hemingway hadn't written this story and I'd written the exact same story word-for-word, my teachers would not approve of it. I can almost hear them commenting that it's too wordy and repetitive, that the purpose to the story wasn't clear enough, etc. ( )