ABSTRACT. Ernest Hemingway’s tolerance for heavy drinking is legendary. He discovered it in his early teens, and then exploited it to construct his narcissistic image of a redoubtable macho. Nick Adams, his alter ego and younger self, alternatively found in “The Three-Day Blow,” that drinking is quite helpful when he needs to get away. At this stage and age, hard liquor could just be an efficient self-treatment.

Keywords: Ernest Hemingway; The Three-Day Blow; drinking whiskey; tolerance; all-male friendship; self-treatment

How to cite: Pîrvu, B.C.S. (2024). “Drinking in the Midwest,” Romanian Journal of Artistic Creativity 12(3): 3-12. doi: 10.22381/RJAC12320241.

Received 30 July 2024 • Received in revised form 10 August 2024
Accepted 7 September 2024 • Available online 30 September 2024