Ernest Hemingway‚ A legacy for American Literature Some say that Hemingway’s personal life should disqualify him from the literature canon. They state that his torrent affairs‚ his alcoholism‚ and his mental state should preclude him from entry into the canon. These are the very things that help to make Hemingway a unique writer. Although his genre is fiction‚ he relies on his real life experiences with the people and places that he visited. The very definition of the literary canon disputes these
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Ernest Hemingway Biography Known for his works‚ full of masculinity and adventure‚ Ernest Hemingway became one of the greatest writers of the twenty-first century‚ he wrote novels and short stories about outdoorsmen‚ soldiers and other men of action‚ all of these‚ characteristics of his own persona. Hemingway was born on July 21‚ 1899‚ in Oak Park‚ Illinois‚ to Clarence Edmunds and Grace Hemingway‚ both strict Congregationalists (Smith). Hemingway’s early years were spent largely in combating
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Not a Hero… a Code Hero During the box office hit movie‚ Spider-Man II‚ the character of Aunt May said‚ “I believe there’s a hero in all of us.” Unfortunately‚ the famous author Ernest Hemingway did not see it that way at all. This man‚ who had written A Farewell to Arms and The Sun Also Rises‚ believed that there were certain characteristics that made up the hero‚ or the code hero as he called it. Hemingway’s code hero was a character who demonstrated three characteristics that included grace
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looking to their elders‚ at the same time‚ adults often look to children to regain their youth. For some reason‚ adults fear getting old‚ so they find spending time with younger people makes the feel young and lively again. In Ernest Hemingway’s novel The Old Man and the Sea‚ the author uses the elderly man‚ Santiago‚ to represent old age‚ and he uses the boy‚ Manolin‚ to represent the aspect of youth in the story. The contrast between these two characters illustrates this idea of wisdom coming with
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Soldier In Ernest Hemingway’s “Soldier’s Home” it is a story about a young man who struggles with the effects of the war. Hemingway shows how the young man cannot fall into what people presume him to be like. Harold Krebs is the main character who has dynamically changed from what his family remembers him as. Therefore‚ he struggles with being able to love in the way that his family feels that he should‚ and also he does not want to live the life that he once wanted anymore. Hemingway has Krebs change
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on the psyches of soldiers. Soldiers often come home diagnosed with psychological disorders. They are affected mentally by their war experiences. Ernest Hemingway’s‚ “Soldier’s Home” portrays war in a realistic and raw perspective because it focuses on the war’s true capability to mentally damage and drastically change a soldier. Ernest Hemingway depicts war realistically in “Soldier’s Home” through the use of the character‚ Harold Krebs. The story starts off with an emotionally changed Krebs
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Death Of Love In War In the novel‚ The Sun Also Rises‚ written by Ernest Hemingway‚ a recurring theme is the death of love in World War I‚ which is exemplified within each of Hemingway’s characters‚ along with dozens of other works in the 1920’s. The novel follows a young expatriate‚ Jake Barnes‚ who had gotten injured during the war‚ rendering him impotent. As Jakes life continues and the daily struggle between his impotence and his emotional despair becomes more evident‚ the reader grows aware
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openly. Early in this brief story the line‚ “Nick lay back with his father’s arm around him” (E. Hemingway 69)‚ indicates ease with demonstrating a young man can have a warm‚ comforting relationship with his father. After Nick and his dad leave the Indian camp‚ while walking back to the rowboats‚ the conversation they have is a typical father-son conversation. Nick shows some
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Ernest Hemingway is known for much of his great short stories he wrote during the twentieth century. After graduating high school‚ Hemingway instead of going to college decided to take a job as a cub reporter for the Kansas City Star newspaper. The Star’s style guidelines influenced his writing style for the rest of his career: Use short sentences‚ short first paragraphs‚ and vigorous English. Soon World War I came along and Hemingway left the newspaper to join the U.S. Army so that he could fight
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World War I‚ the interest in psychology increased during the 1920s. Like many of his contemporaries‚ psychological research affected Ernest Hemingway’s literature. Hemingway’s father had always encouraged him to enter the medical field but Ernest was more of an outdoorsman that found his career in literature (Gorman). Although he did not pursue a medical career‚ Hemingway was still interested in science‚ causing Freudian and Adlerian psychology to influence his writing. Alfred Adler formed the Individual
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