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    Ernest Hemmingway is arguably the greatest American writer because of his ability to form sentences and address some of the most sensitive topics in a unique way. During his time as a literary scholar, he mastered the prose writing style and the short story. Hemmingway is able to break the barrier between what is socially acceptable to discuss and much more controversial topics. In his short stories, “Indian Camp” and “The Short and Happy Life of Francis Macomber,” he depicts clear gender roles…

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    Ernest Hemingway is known for his sparse prose style, distinguished by his ability to typify the complex quandaries of life with a simple but meaningful story. Many experts recognize that Hemingway’s stories are reflections of his own life, with his characters representing himself at different points in his life. Ernest Hemingway carries this even further, and uses the strong male characters in his stories to show the role of masculinity in modern society, confronting the complex reality of male…

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    Ernest Hemingway Fish

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    The simple fishing story told in The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway represents Hemingway’s life and writing success through the character portrayed in the book. Santiago’s desire to achieve his goals of catching a great fish and superior recognition in the fishing community is exactly like the author who wants the same in his field. Hemingway communicates his inner struggle as a writer and his perceptions of the world through the simplicity of this fishing story. He achieves this via…

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    In part two of the book, Ernest Hemingway is how the old man loves to fish. He does not want to think of baseball, but he wants to fish. However, he goes out to fish another day. His line went into to the water a mile deep. The sun is very hot, and the old man feels the sun on its neck and feels sweat trickling down his back. He drifts off to sleep after a while, and he is suddenly awoken. He feels a fish on his line which makes him happy. The marlin that he caught is gently pulling the boat.…

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    Ernest Rutherford was a chemist and a physicist that was born on August 30, 1871, in Spring Grove, New Zealand. He was a pioneer of nuclear physics and the first to split an atom. He was awarded a Nobel Prize in chemistry for his theory of the atomic structure. He discovered alpha and beta rays, that the atom could be split, and contributed to the Atomic Theory. He used the gold foil to see how to alpha and beta rays would bounce off off different atoms. Ernest was responsible for a remarkable…

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    a very joyful life in a luxurious house where they were both well respected and liked amongst the neighborhood. Ernest spent the majority of his childhood in his hometown with his mother, father, and sister. Ernest finished at the top of his class in all subjects but his English teachers were fond of him and had never seen a brilliance like him before. Before sprouting to fame, Ernest enrolled in the army to work as…

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    Doesn’t it seem like every successful author has been through what ordinary people could never understand? Ernest Hemingway, the elite writer of the 1920s, was one of them. Ever since he was a child, he struggled to distinguish himself as a scholar and athlete under the influence of his father’s traumatic suicide. Although destiny gave him a harsh, rough childhood, Hemingway did not know how to lose motivation in life. In 1917, the first bloodiest war has been brought to mankind - World War I.…

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    Sage Young Mr. Rooks English 1A 29 November 2015 Ernest Hemingway After reading Ernest Hemingway’s biography and his famous novels that he wrote, he was an intelligent author, and did other amazing work outside of his career. He was born in Oak Park, Illinois, from 1899 and passed away on 1961. In the beginning of his profession, he started as a writer in a newspaper office in Kansas City at age seventeen. Also when the United States entered the World War 1 era, he wanted to fight in the war,…

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    Ernest Shackleton led his crew on the Endurance to attempt to be the first group of individuals to cross the Antarctic continent overland. One day away from land the crew became iced in and eventually the ship sank. Leaving the crew with limited supplies. Ernest being the leader made sure every man went home alive. His leadership skills were spectacular during the journey. Ernest Shackleton was left with moral decision making in the days and months that passed between the sinking of the…

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    Sir Ernest Shackleton wanted to explore Antarctica by boat. In 1901, Sir Ernest Shackleton went on the Antarctic expedition. “In 1908, he returned to the Antarctic as the leader of his own expedition, on the ship 'Nimrod'.” (http://www.bbc.co.uk) "In 1914, Shackleton made his third trip to the Antarctic with the ship 'Endurance', planning to cross Antarctica via the South Pole." Ernest Shackleton has faces many challenges, such as leading the expedition to Antarctica on the ship ‘Endurance’,…

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