s" (Hemingway, 1954, p. 61). Though Brett seems to deny Jake's infirmity in her answer to the Count, in essence to his mind she is reinforcing there is an infirmity that keeps them from being together as man and wife. It is these realities in existence that seem to always create a conflict or some form of tension between Hemingway's own religious beliefs and or those of his characters.
It was not just Hemingway's style but also his entire approach to his craft that seemed to be influenced by the Bible. For one novel, Jeffrey Meyers (1999) claims the author "drew up a list of thirty-four possible titles, most of them from the Bible and the Oxford Book of English Verse" (p. 219). Likewise, Hemingway's descriptions of characters and events in his works as well as those in his personal life seem colored by biblical influence. In Green Hills of Africa, Hemingway's biblical influence on his style seems intertwined with his political views as he criticizes New Deal "idealism" and the effects of t
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