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ICEBERG THEORY
Introduction
The ‘Iceberg theory’ is a literary concept that was coined by Ernest Hemingway. Varied writers follow this literary theory in order to write stories, primarily fictional. This essay would incorporate a brief description of the theory of iceberg and the strengths and drawbacks related to the mentioned theory. The iceberg theory would be applied to the story of ‘Harry Potter and the Philosopher`s Stone’ in order to decipher the complex plot. JK Rowling has implemented the iceberg theory in the story telling of Harry Potter.
‘The iceberg theory’ formulated by American writer named Ernest Hemingway. Also referred to as the ‘theory of Omission’, this theory is a style of creating and literary piece. As a huge chunk of the iceberg lies beneath the water and only a certain portion of ice is visible to the eyes, likewise, the writings of Ernest Hemingway portray only a small portion of what is actually happening. The theory of iceberg can be considered to be as one of the techniques of Hemingway for writing a fictional story where a major portion of the story is hidden (Monk, 2016). The biggest level of an iceberg is submerged and is in this way the most grounded piece of the iceberg. Similarly, the most grounded piece of a Hemingway story is what is avoided the reader and uncovered later if applicable. With the application of such theory, only a small portion of information is available for the readers, the rest is left for the readers to derive. Hemingway coined this style of writing due to his profession of journalism where news information was required to be concise due to shortage of space in the newspapers.
In accordance to Hemingway, the theory of iceberg helps a story to have a huge impact over the readers as it helps in limiting the major details provided to the audience. The iceberg theory is a major part of the mysterious stories as majority of the plot is...