Hemmingway’s stories of death, setting, and his characterization of females is affected by his military experience and the time period of World War 1 that he lived in. Death affected many of Hemmingway’s writing. Serving in World War 1 as an ambulance driver he experienced death on a not normal level every day; Hemmingway also served in World War 2 and the Spanish civil war as a journalist. In the story “On the Quai at Smyrna” he talks about dead babies. “The worst he said were the women with their dead babies” (Hemmingway). His military experience and where he lived affected his stories settings. “On the Quai at Smyrna Is base at a Turkish port over run by British soldiers. “Up in Michigan” is in a deceit town. The story, “Indian Camp”
