海明威的小说

Hemingway's novels have a common traits, that is, they are all small and understanable, but you can only understand what the sentences and words' meaning, you hardly get what the author wanted to express. For example, a story about a son and a father who are all intereted in horses, but in the end, the father died because of falling down from the horses. Actually, the story is easy to understand, but I can not understand what the author wanted to express. What do.you.think of?