Now I Lay Me

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"Now I Lay Me" is a short story by Ernest Hemingway, included in his collection *Men Without Women*, that explores themes of war trauma and insomnia through a soldier’s nighttime reflections.

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Now I Lay Me canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf short story
author Ernest Hemingway
centralConflict fear of losing self in sleep
struggle to fall asleep
collectionType part of a short story collection
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
explores post-traumatic stress
the inner life of a soldier
firstPublicationCollection Men Without Women
form prose
genre literary fiction
war fiction
hasAuthorStyle Hemingway iceberg theory
hasDialogueWith Italian soldier John
hasRecurringElement recollection of past fishing trips
repetition of prayers
hasTitleOrigin traditional children’s bedtime prayer "Now I lay me down to sleep"
includedIn Men Without Women
language English
literaryMovement modernism
mainCharacter Nick Adams
motif fishing memories
nighttime reflections
prayer
narrativePerspective first-person
narrativeTimeFrame one night
partOf Nick Adams stories
publicationYear 1927
publisherOfFirstCollection Charles Scribner's Sons
setting Italian front
settingPeriod World War I
theme fear of sleep
friendship
insomnia
loneliness
memory
psychological damage of war
war trauma

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Men Without Women hasPart Now I Lay Me
Nick Adams appearsIn Now I Lay Me