Ernest Hemingway Accomplishments

While there are many great American writers, none can compare to the magnificent works of Ernest Hemingway. Ernest possibly had one of the most adrenaline packed lives of all writers ranging from plane crashes, safari hunts, and bar fights. He was notoriously known for his scruffy beard and urge to brawl. Ernest was born at eight o 'clock in the morning on July 21, 1899 in the family home at 439 North Oak Park Avenue. He lived a moderately normal childhood. His family owned a cabin called Windermere on Walloon Lake Northern Michigan, as a child Hemingway’s dad taught him how to hunt and fish around the lake. While Ernest enjoyed outdoor activities, his mom taught him the finer things in life like how to read music, how to play many different …show more content…
Ernest later heard about the red cross, and signed on to be an ambulance driver. Then on July 8, 1918, Ernest was seriously wounded by mortar fire. Ted Brumback, a fellow ambulance drive said that despite over two-hundred pieces of shrapnel being lodged in Hemingway 's legs, he fought through the pain, and carried another wounded soldier back to the first aid station gaining several machine gun bullets to the legs along the way. Afterwards, Hemingway was awarded the Italian Medal of Valor. This experience inspired the novel “ A Farewell to Arms”, but upon returning home Ernest found civilian life to be dull and boring. The War and beauty of foreign lands enticed him beyond compare. He was granted $1000 from his war wounds, which allowed him to avoid work for almost a year. Afterwards Ernest would go around and speak at civic organizations about his war times. Furthermore, Hemingway began to become frustrated with his parents ill understanding about the impact war has on a person, which in turn lead to the writing of “Soldiers Home”, in this novel he explains the ignorance of his parents, and a town that has no understanding of