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One possible theme of 'The Undefeated' is 'society's tendency to build celebrity, only to unceremoniously destroy it.' This theme easily applies to Manuel Garcia, the protagonist of 'The Undefeated.' By keeping this theme in mind, it becomes easier to recognize symbolism and irony - particularly verbal irony - in Hemingway's 'The Undefeated.' 'The Undefeated' is a short story by Ernest Hemingway featured in Hemingway's 1927 story collection, Men Without Women. The story deals with a bullfighter who attempts to work his way back into fame following an injury. The main character, Manuel Garcia, is a bullfighter who recently got out of the hospital and is now looking for work.

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'The Undefeated' is a short story by Ernest Hemingway featured in Hemingway's 1927 story collection, Men Without Women.[1] The story deals with a bullfighter who attempts to work his way back into fame following an injury.

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The main character, Manuel Garcia, is a bullfighter who recently got out of the hospital and is now looking for work. After an old promoter, Retana, hires him for a 'nocturnal' fight on the following evening, he enlists the help of an old friend to be his picador. Although Zurito, his picador, strongly discourages Manuel, Manuel proceeds with the fight and is injured while fighting his first bull of the night, ending up back in the infirmary at the end of the story.

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  1. ^MacDonald, Scott (1972). 'Implications of Narrative Perspective in Hemingway's 'The Undefeated''. The Journal of Narrative Technique. 2 (1): 1–15. ISSN0022-2925. JSTOR30225265.
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