Jan or Johannes Vermeer van Delft, who was born around 1632 and died in December 1675, was a Dutch genre painter who lived and worked in Delft and created some of the most exquisite paintings in Western art. His works are rare. Of the 35 or 36 paintings attributed to him, most portray figures in interiors. All of his works are admired for the sensitivity with which he rendered effects of light and color and for the poetic quality of his images. Vermeer possessed great o obstinacy

The major was a little man with upturned mustaches. he had been in the war in libya and wore two wound-stripes. he said that if the thing went well he would see that i was decorated. i said i hoped it would go well but that he was too kind. i asked him if there was a big dugout where the drivers could stay and he sent a soldier to show me. i went with him and found the dugout, which was very good. the drivers were with it and i left them there. what effect does hemingway’s limited use of adjectives have? it slows down the narration by interrupting the action. it makes the few descriptive words he does use more vivid and forceful. it makes the narrator seem powerless and insincere. it prevents the readers from filling in the details with their own experiences.