Abstract
‘A Pursuit Race' is a short story in Ernest Hemingway's ‘Men Without Women' which is narrated from an omniscient point of view and which incorporates more precisely a heterodiegetic narrator. Here, the author knows everything and reveals to us the motivations, thoughts and feelings, details about the characters.
The story takes place at Kansas City on the Pacific coast. William Campbell, an old man who works for the burlesque show, and Mr Turner, the manager of this burlesque show, are the two protagonists. More exactly, the scene takes place within William's bedroom. Whilst this former is lying in bed, Mr Turner comes in and then they start to talk.
This story, through a dialogue and some external descriptions, explains the despair of William who assumes an increasingly pitiful characteristic through the text because of his actions but especially his behavior.
Besides, his state of mind leads him to have a particular elocution which is full of metaphors and in this way, William plays with his interlocutor. Then, with positive and negative appreciations about the two protagonists, we will see how Hemingway gradually modifies our perception over the course of the story.
