How Did Ernest Hemingway Influence Their Parents

Ernest Hemingway was a very busy and outgoing person as an older man and had huge ambition as a young adult but most of his younger years were spent following after whatever his parents wanted for him. His father was an obstetrician with a great passion for the outdoors, hunting and fishing. His mother was a singer with a voice built for the opera, at the time of her and Mr. Hemingway's marriage she was giving private vocal lessons in Chicago and bringing in a small fortune of $1,000 per month. Between one parent being an extremely successful doctor and sportsman and the other being an equally talented musician, all of the Hemingway children were expected to be of just as talented as their parents. The Hemingways also had very strong opinions on how children were to be raised. They believed in obedience, responsibility, …show more content…
Ernest also had a younger brother, Leicester, who was born when he was fifteen years old. In all he had five siblings: Leicester, Marcelline, Ursula, Carol, and Madelaine Hemingway. Though both parents tried to impose their views and talents onto their children Ernest never picked up on anything his mother tried to teach him which included music and religion. His father, on the other hand, was more successful. From him Ernest gained his love for the outdoors and adventure, which would one day show up in his books as well as in his everyday life. Early in his life, before he started a career as a writer, Ernest Hemingway was not a very successful person. On several different occasions he ran away from home and when confronted by his parents about going to college he simply refused to go. Instead he wished to join the Armed Forces. Due to old injuries that affected his eyesight from when he was younger he was unable to enlist in the American Army during WW1. Even with the rejection of the army Ernest was still