Ernest Hemingway Change Over Time

The changes of literature throughout time have always been a reflection of the ideologies of the people. One of the more recent changes happened at the end of the great war, where the ideas of a true morality or religious themes were ignored. This lead to the creation of the Lost generation in France. This group of like minded authors helped usher in the new age of writing, changing the usual diary style for a more third person perspective. Another change of the writing was brought in by a member of the Lost generation Ernest Hemingway, the way he wrote was a mire fast pace way of writing that reflected the newspapers of the day to which Hemingway used to work for. One of the stories that Hemingway wrote that was influenced by the first world war and the years after was his short story A Clean, Well Lit Place. In the Story Hemingway shows the …show more content…
This view is one that fee books of his time used especially with the way religion is viewed.
The story starts out with two waiters talking about a old man who always comes to their café and has a habit of getting drunk and staying there till late in the morning to the discomfort of the workers. As the story goes on the fact that the old man has tried to kill him self the younger waiter clams that the old man has no right to try to kill him self because he has money, family, and a home. This idea of death is one that was seen widely at the end of the Great war, because the old man has no real reason to be depressed in their eyes. Since in the war every man left to go fight a die for his country the idea of dying for nothing seems rude and crude