Ernest Hemingway Writing Style

Ernest Hemingway was born in 1899 in Oak Park, Illinois, being the first son and second child to Clarence and Grace Hemingway. His mother hoped that he would foster an interest for music, but he liked the outdoors much more, like his father. In high school, he excelled academically as well as athletically. After high school, he was not interested in going to college, and wanted a writing career. He started his career as a writer in a newspaper office in Kansas City, at the young age of seventeen. Shortly after that, the United States had become a part of World War I, and he enlisted and joined a volunteer ambulance unit in the Italian army. He ended up serving and got wounded, which means he spent a significant amount of time in hospitals. After that, he returned to the United States, became a reporter for the Canadian and American newspapers and was even sent back to Europe to cover events, much like the Greek Revolution. …show more content…
It is believed that his style of writing was mainly influenced by being a reporter in Kansas City, when he mostly relied on short and energetic sentences. He employed a technique that he called the “iceberg principle,” where he kept his writing short and rhythmic. This technique of his is quite uncomplicated, with very plain and bland grammar. He is known as a master of dialog, which makes you feel like that is what people would actually say. He uses pronouns without clear intentions of what he is meaning, such as using “it,” but not being clear with what “it” really