We have studied Hemingway's style known as the iceberg theory since so much lies beneath the surface of the terse dialogue and descriptions. I first thematically noted on the board the role of courage, bravery, love, and God in the novel. We discussed Hemingway's apparent agnosticism and the symbolic role of the priest in this analysis. We then worked on the following analytical writing exercise :We studied a very terse and facially inconsequential dialogue between Lt Henry and Catherine and composed the unwritten emotional or subconscious subtext or what is beneath the tip of the iceberg. As Joshua had some difficulty with the exercise, I provided an example he used as a model. Through this exercise ,we were able to plainly discern the emotional vibrancy of Hemingway's silences.