Ernest Thompson Seton

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.…

While there are many great American writers, none can compare to the magnificent works of Ernest Hemingway. Ernest possibly had one of the most adrenaline packed lives of all writers ranging from plane crashes, safari hunts, and bar fights. He was notoriously known for his scruffy beard and urge to brawl. Ernest was born at eight o 'clock in the morning on July 21, 1899 in the family home at 439 North Oak Park Avenue. He lived a moderately normal childhood. His family owned a cabin called…

interpreted to explain Christ 's struggle, death and resurrection for the sake of mankind. Many see the modern-day allusion to Christ’s story in Ernest Hemingway 's The Old Man and the Sea. When compared side-by-side, these plot situations may help the reader see beyond the text on the page and visualize and comprehend the spiritual story easier. In Ernest Hemingway’s novel The Old Man and the Sea the protagonist Santiago can be seen as a Christ-like figure who struggles through his 40 days…

Thesis: Ernest Hemingway is regarded as a “classic” writer by which he develops myriad stories with the use of style, structure, theme and historical context to retain interest with the readers. I. In Ernest Hemingway’s renowned short story, “The Snows of Kilimanjaro,” Hemingway attracts readers by depicting a story about the inevitability of death and succumbing to failure using theme and structure. A. Harry and his wife, Helen are encamped on the top of Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa’s tallest…

can relate to their own life influences. Sometimes, an author can write a piece and include multifarious connections to their personal life, having no intent to do so. Ernest Hemingway had a rather interesting life from the time he was born to his death and in many instances, events from his own life come up in his stories. In Ernest Hemingway’s fictional short story, In Another Country, he writes about an adequate amount of events happening to a young,…

Hollis Stabler insisted he was not a hero but simply an Omaha man and a soldier with stories to share. His account of his life and experiences in World War II adds humanity to the battles and campaigns of North Africa and Italy and honors the memories of his fallen comrades. Throughout his narrative, Stabler highlight the racial and class significance of family and belonging through the Omaha clan system and his encounters with orphaned and abandoned individuals. The significance of family and…

One of John Steinbeck's best known novels, Cannery Row, is a classic in which he sculpts each character in an extremely realistic and detailed way. Steinbeck was familiar with the area near the small, depressed town of Cannery Row and the people who crossed his path were eventually transformed into characters in the novel. Every character has an important role in the community. In the novel, many of the characters carry themselves differently in public then they do when they are alone…

Part two of Atonement focuses on Robbie and his experience in the war. Near the beginning of his treck to Dunkirk, the narration records Robbie’s stream of consciousness: He lit another cigarette to curb his hunger and tried to reduce his task to the basics: you walked across the land until you came to the sea. What could be simpler, once the social element was removed? He was the only man on earth and his purpose was clear. He was walking across the land until he came to the sea. The…

Night and Day Hong is largely seen as a master of the essay art films. The film, Night and Day, follows an artist, Kim Seong-nam’s journey in Paris after escaping the Korean government and leaving his wife behind. The film references three common themes of Hong’s style; an artist as a protagonist, an aspect of rebellion, and travel as an excursion. In the film, the artist’s escape from Paris as a result of using Marijuana represents deviance. The film uses romance as a style to further augment…

Upton Sinclair, author of The Jungle, was a realist writer born in 1878. He endured many hardships in his life, which led to him becoming a complex person. He based many of his characters off of himself. This caused his works to be filled with complex characters as well as critical views of the capitalist American society. These traits of realism are prominent in Sinclair’s writing and life. Upton Sinclair suffered through an unstable childhood as well as independence at an early age,…