Many authors use personal experiences in their writing as a foreground in their story. Some authors, like Mark Twain, write, sometimes satirically, about issues that they are disturbed by in order to educate the public about the issue. Others, like John Steinbeck, write about their life experiences and tell their life story in a very indirect way. Other authors, like Earnest Hemingway, write a story that is completely or mostly autobiographical with fictional characters to take their place. Twain, Steinbeck, and Hemingway’s backgrounds and life experiences parallel are exposed through some aspects and plots in their literary works.
Mark Twain grew up exposed to racism and his childhood in the south shaped his anti-slavery views and led him …show more content…
Steinbeck once said, “A journey is a person in itself; no two are alike. And all plans, safeguards, policing, and coercion are fruitless. We find that after years of struggle that we do not take a trip; a trip takes us” (“Winwisdom”). John Steinbeck lived a life knowing that there was more to life than the daily struggle. He knew that life is a journey and we just have to let fate do the rest. Steinbeck wrote multiple novels about manual labor in California in the early 1900s and the persecution the workers faced. Lenny and George knew that, “Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world. They got no family. They don’t belong no place…With us it ain’t like that. We got a future. We got somebody to talk to that gives a damn about us” (Steinbeck 13-4). Steinbeck knew what it was like to work in the fields with no other aspirations in life, other than getting through life, day by day. The poor workers have few connections in society and only have each other. George and Lenny are each other’s family when they did not have anyone else. Steinbeck’s experiences as a worker shaped him as a person and a masterful …show more content…
Hemingway was the typical “man’s man.” He was a womanizer and remarried many times during his lifetime. Hemingway also enjoyed big game hunting and fishing. He also served courageously during World War I. Hemingway was the picturesque soldier during the time. When Frederic first sees Miss Barkley, he notices, “Miss Barkley was quite tall, She wore what seemed to be a nurse’s uniform, was blonde and had tawny skin and gray eyes. I thought she was very beautiful” (Hemingway 18). Hemingway writes about Frederic’s romance with Miss Barkley paralleling his own wartime romance with a young nurse named Agnes von Kurosky. Frederic and Hemingway’s views on women are very similar and they both found love and romanced easily. Hemingway also found much respect and stature in uniform. Frederic describes how “In civilian clothes, [he] felt like a masquerader. [He] had been in uniform a long time and [he] missed the feeling of being held by [his] clothes” (Hemingway 243). Hemingway creates a “Hemingway Hero” or a “Code Hero” in most of his literary works. A “Hemingway Hero” holds several distinct qualities. Hemingway describes his code hero as, “a man who lives correctly, following the ideals of honor, courage and endurance in a world that is sometimes chaotic, often stressful, and always painful” (“Englishliterarium”). Many would argue that in A Farewell to
Mark Twain grew up exposed to racism and his childhood in the south shaped his anti-slavery views and led him …show more content…
Steinbeck once said, “A journey is a person in itself; no two are alike. And all plans, safeguards, policing, and coercion are fruitless. We find that after years of struggle that we do not take a trip; a trip takes us” (“Winwisdom”). John Steinbeck lived a life knowing that there was more to life than the daily struggle. He knew that life is a journey and we just have to let fate do the rest. Steinbeck wrote multiple novels about manual labor in California in the early 1900s and the persecution the workers faced. Lenny and George knew that, “Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world. They got no family. They don’t belong no place…With us it ain’t like that. We got a future. We got somebody to talk to that gives a damn about us” (Steinbeck 13-4). Steinbeck knew what it was like to work in the fields with no other aspirations in life, other than getting through life, day by day. The poor workers have few connections in society and only have each other. George and Lenny are each other’s family when they did not have anyone else. Steinbeck’s experiences as a worker shaped him as a person and a masterful …show more content…
Hemingway was the typical “man’s man.” He was a womanizer and remarried many times during his lifetime. Hemingway also enjoyed big game hunting and fishing. He also served courageously during World War I. Hemingway was the picturesque soldier during the time. When Frederic first sees Miss Barkley, he notices, “Miss Barkley was quite tall, She wore what seemed to be a nurse’s uniform, was blonde and had tawny skin and gray eyes. I thought she was very beautiful” (Hemingway 18). Hemingway writes about Frederic’s romance with Miss Barkley paralleling his own wartime romance with a young nurse named Agnes von Kurosky. Frederic and Hemingway’s views on women are very similar and they both found love and romanced easily. Hemingway also found much respect and stature in uniform. Frederic describes how “In civilian clothes, [he] felt like a masquerader. [He] had been in uniform a long time and [he] missed the feeling of being held by [his] clothes” (Hemingway 243). Hemingway creates a “Hemingway Hero” or a “Code Hero” in most of his literary works. A “Hemingway Hero” holds several distinct qualities. Hemingway describes his code hero as, “a man who lives correctly, following the ideals of honor, courage and endurance in a world that is sometimes chaotic, often stressful, and always painful” (“Englishliterarium”). Many would argue that in A Farewell to