Ernest Hemingway's Writing Style Analysis
Bryttany Tidwell
11th Advanced English
C. Ellison
01 December 2015
Hemingway’s Simple Writing Styles in The Old Man and the Sea and A Farwell to Arms
For several years multiple readers have tackled the bigger meaning of Ernest Hemingway in the novels The Old Man and the Sea and A Farewell to Arms. Hemingway’s style of writing has been elaborated on multiple times by multiple people. A closer look into The Old Man and the Sea and A Farewell to Arms reveal how Hemingway uses simple English and gives brief setting details. Firstly, Hemingway was born in Oak Park, Illinois, on July 21, 1899. He is a well-known author throughout the world. Ernest Miller Hemingway “spent more than twenty years of his life living in Cuba. From his home in San Francisco de Paulo, Hemingway often visited Cojimar, the village featured in the novel The Old Man and the Sea.” (Overview). “He knowingly restricted himself in order to strip down, compress, and energize his writing.” (Weeks 1). Hemingway writes in a way that is very simple, not complex, so a …show more content…
In A Farewell to Arms Frederick Henry, an American, served in World War I in Italy as a volunteer ambulance officer. Hemingway also uses simple, yet elegant English literature in this work as well. “The battery in the next garden woke me in the morning and I saw the sun coming through the window and got out of the bed.” (Hemingway 20). This quote, from Chapter 4 page 21 shows how simple Hemingway’s writings are. In A Farewell to Arms, Hemingway uses a tad more detail than in The Old Man and the Sea. In conclusion, Hemingway was and still reigns as one of the best author of all time. He uses simple, but elegant writing styles and short and to the point details. The Old Man and the Sea and A Farewell to Arms are both amazing examples of his amazing and simple
11th Advanced English
C. Ellison
01 December 2015
Hemingway’s Simple Writing Styles in The Old Man and the Sea and A Farwell to Arms
For several years multiple readers have tackled the bigger meaning of Ernest Hemingway in the novels The Old Man and the Sea and A Farewell to Arms. Hemingway’s style of writing has been elaborated on multiple times by multiple people. A closer look into The Old Man and the Sea and A Farewell to Arms reveal how Hemingway uses simple English and gives brief setting details. Firstly, Hemingway was born in Oak Park, Illinois, on July 21, 1899. He is a well-known author throughout the world. Ernest Miller Hemingway “spent more than twenty years of his life living in Cuba. From his home in San Francisco de Paulo, Hemingway often visited Cojimar, the village featured in the novel The Old Man and the Sea.” (Overview). “He knowingly restricted himself in order to strip down, compress, and energize his writing.” (Weeks 1). Hemingway writes in a way that is very simple, not complex, so a …show more content…
In A Farewell to Arms Frederick Henry, an American, served in World War I in Italy as a volunteer ambulance officer. Hemingway also uses simple, yet elegant English literature in this work as well. “The battery in the next garden woke me in the morning and I saw the sun coming through the window and got out of the bed.” (Hemingway 20). This quote, from Chapter 4 page 21 shows how simple Hemingway’s writings are. In A Farewell to Arms, Hemingway uses a tad more detail than in The Old Man and the Sea. In conclusion, Hemingway was and still reigns as one of the best author of all time. He uses simple, but elegant writing styles and short and to the point details. The Old Man and the Sea and A Farewell to Arms are both amazing examples of his amazing and simple