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Harry Hindmarsh

Harry Hindmarsh was the city editor of the Toronto Daily Star, for whom Callaghan first wrote. Hindmarsh was on holiday when Callaghan first enquired about a job, and so returned from vacation to find Callaghan had been hired without his say-so. However, he was impressed with Callaghan’s work, and opted to keep him there. Harry Hindmarsh was known as a strict, daunting man.

Words and phrases such as ‘the grand antagonist’, ‘ruthless’, and ‘determined’ all support the idea of Hindmarsh’s strict nature. The stark contrast between ‘bad newspaperman’ and ‘good, ruthless newspaperman’ also suggest he was a man who could split opinions. In this case Callaghan and Hemingway had differing opinions of the man.

“If it hadn’t been for Hindmarsh, Hemingway might have remained a year in Toronto, he might not have written The Sun Also Rises, and I might have settled into newspaper work.” (http://fitzgerald.narod.ru/bio/callaghan-thatsum.html)

This quote suggests that Hindmarsh’s input has a great influence on both Callaghan and Hemingway’s lives and therefore the story. However, Voyant Tools tells us that the mention of Hindmarsh’s name was almost non-existent by the time Callaghan ascended to Paris.

Perhaps Hindmarsh did not have such a large impact on the text after all.

WORKS CITED

Callaghan, Morley. 1963. That Summer in Paris: Memories of Tangled Friendships with Ernest Hemingway and Scott Fitzgerald. Available at: http://fitzgerald.narod.ru/bio/callaghan-thatsum.html

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