Final Paper Ernest Miller Hemingway was an American author and journalist. He had a strong influence on the 20th-century fiction; his life and image left an influence on later generations. Hemingway is a very talented writer who will be known and remembered forever. His hard work and dedication put into his writing is admired throughout the world.
Ernest Hemingway was born on July 21, 1899 in Cicero (now in Oak Park), Illinois. In high school he worked on the school newspaper writing primarily about sports. After graduation, he went to work for the Kansas City Star, gaining experience that would later influence his distinctively stripped-down prose style. Ernest Hemingway served in World War I and worked in journalism before publishing …show more content…
The lost generation was the group of men and women whose early adulthood was consumed by World War I. The Great War set standards for death and immorality in war. Members of this time suffered with their beliefs in the values of love, faith, and manhood. In 1925 Ernest and friends attended the Fiesta de San Fermin in Pamplona, Spain. (Textual)The experience provided him with the idea to write a short story to describe the relationships between himself, a few of his friends, and a young bullfighter. This would be the first draft of what would become The Sun Also Rises. After setting aside the manuscript for a short period of time, he worked on revisions during the winter of 1926. The trip to Spain was the basis of the novel. The characters are based on real people of Hemingway’s circle, and the action is based on real events. In the novel he presented the notion that the “Lost Generation” was resilient and strong. Hemingway also investigated the themes of love, death, renewal of nature, and the nature of masculinity. …show more content…
In the story Nick Adam’s father, a country doctor has been summoned to a Native American or “Indian” camp to deliver a pregnant woman of her baby. At the camp he is forced to perform an emergency surgery and Nick had to assist him. The woman’s husband was pronounced dead, having slit during the C-section. The story shows Hemingway’s understated style and his use of counterpoint. The story shows the fear of death and the experience of childbirth. When the story was published the quality of his writing was noted and praised. It is suggested that his wife Hadley’s childbirth was the inspiration for the story. She went into labor while he was on a train returning from New York. He was beside himself with fear and believed that Hadley would not survive the birth. He wrote the story a few months after their son; John was born in Toronto on October 10, 1923.
Ernest Hemingway was born on July 21, 1899 in Cicero (now in Oak Park), Illinois. In high school he worked on the school newspaper writing primarily about sports. After graduation, he went to work for the Kansas City Star, gaining experience that would later influence his distinctively stripped-down prose style. Ernest Hemingway served in World War I and worked in journalism before publishing …show more content…
The lost generation was the group of men and women whose early adulthood was consumed by World War I. The Great War set standards for death and immorality in war. Members of this time suffered with their beliefs in the values of love, faith, and manhood. In 1925 Ernest and friends attended the Fiesta de San Fermin in Pamplona, Spain. (Textual)The experience provided him with the idea to write a short story to describe the relationships between himself, a few of his friends, and a young bullfighter. This would be the first draft of what would become The Sun Also Rises. After setting aside the manuscript for a short period of time, he worked on revisions during the winter of 1926. The trip to Spain was the basis of the novel. The characters are based on real people of Hemingway’s circle, and the action is based on real events. In the novel he presented the notion that the “Lost Generation” was resilient and strong. Hemingway also investigated the themes of love, death, renewal of nature, and the nature of masculinity. …show more content…
In the story Nick Adam’s father, a country doctor has been summoned to a Native American or “Indian” camp to deliver a pregnant woman of her baby. At the camp he is forced to perform an emergency surgery and Nick had to assist him. The woman’s husband was pronounced dead, having slit during the C-section. The story shows Hemingway’s understated style and his use of counterpoint. The story shows the fear of death and the experience of childbirth. When the story was published the quality of his writing was noted and praised. It is suggested that his wife Hadley’s childbirth was the inspiration for the story. She went into labor while he was on a train returning from New York. He was beside himself with fear and believed that Hadley would not survive the birth. He wrote the story a few months after their son; John was born in Toronto on October 10, 1923.