“Van Gogh’s room”
Hemingway writes, “The room they lived in looked like the painting of Van Gogh's room at Arles except there was a double bed and two big windows and you could look out across the water and the marsh and sea meadows to the white town and bright beach." Comparing the room with the painting indicates that they both offer two similar settings. An individual who is familiar with the painting would recall it while in the room.
“Young Girl”
Hemingway explains, "And when she went to sleep suddenly like a tired young girl and lay beside him lovely in the moonlight that showed the beautiful new strange line of her head as she slept on her side he leaned over." The allegorical 'young girl' underscores the lady's fatigue which follows their intimacy. Her exhaustion prompts her to sleep so that she can rest adequately.
