A Very Short Story

In the short story, "A Very Short Story" by Ernest Hemingway an important juxtaposition would be distance versus trust. For example, "he" going all the way to New York and leaving Luz in Pordenone  to get a job is thenjuxtaposition for distance. Luz will not go with him unless he gets a good job, and in the meantime she is opening up a hospital. Another example of distance is when Luz would write him the letters saying how much she loves him. But he didn't see them until there was 15 of them when he got out of the armistice. However, for trust it comes around near the end of the story. Luz trust him that he is going to find a job on New York and contact her when he does so. It just so happens that he gets gonnerhea by a sales girl and never talks to Luz again.