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    Keep it the Heming-Way “There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.” - Ernest Hemingway It has been brought to my attention that the English Department is questioning the importance of teaching about Ernest Hemingway, who they say is a “simplistic” writer. A Farewell to Arms is an example of a novel Hemingway wrote which mirrors his life and many of his own experiences during the time he spent in World War I. He is familiar with the settings of his novels…

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    1) The novel gives a brief description of the lives of Frederic Henry and Catherine Barkley before they come to Italy. Frederic used to be a student of architecture back in America. He volunteers to join the Italian army as an ambulance driver. Proof of this is when Catherine asks, “You’re the American in the Italian army” (Hemingway 22). Before Catherine comes to Italy, she had a fiance who had unfortunately passed away. They grew up together for eight years. She is an English woman who is a V.…

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    1. I believe that Hemingway was foreshadowing the outcome of the novel by including the exclusive quote, “we did not do the things we wanted to do; we never did such things.” A series of unfortunate events dealing with foreshadowing occurred throughout the novel to determine that the end result would be bitter. Within the novel, Henry and Catherine play enticing games with each other that foreshadows their growing love for one another. As the novel continues, so does Henry and Catherine’s love.…

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    However, despite the obvious contrasts in the two author’s writings, there are several similarities in their work. Their short stories, Faulkner 's "A Rose for Emily," and Hemingway 's "In Another Country," as well as their novels, As I Lay Dying and A Farewell to Arms, show the development of their style through the use of characterization and themes. Hemingway uses characterization in his short story "In Another Country"…

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    When one fails to accomplish a task or goal they aspired to achieve, often, they strive to redeem themselves. Through the tough obstacles and hindrances, only the ones with exceptional grit eventually reach redemption. The novella The Old Man and the Sea, by Ernest Hemingway, illustrates the idea of redemption throughout the story. The Old Man and the Sea is an ambiguous novel about a fisherman named Santiago, who hadn’t caught a fish in 84 days so he goes out into the ocean for a few days to…

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    few novelist captured the true lives of people who lived during that time. Ernest Hemingway, an english author who was in the Italian first aid during World War I, is one of the novelist who show an aspect of life during World War I in the novel Farewell to Arms. Hemingway tries to show what people had to deal with during those times. A man named Fredi, who is an american in the Italian first aid, meets a woman who he falls in love with. He tries to live a life with this woman but also having to…

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    Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury is a story about two boys who live in Greentown, Illinois. The two boys, Jim and Will grow up quickly in a few days when a carnival comes to town and they must try to help the lonely people of the town who long for something. The carnival feasts upon the town's people who long for something more and turns them into freaks that become part of the carnival. Disney also turned Bradbury's book into a movie that was released in 1983 and had Bradbury…

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    A Short Man With A Big Heart “Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world right in the eye.” (Helen Keller). Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston and James D. Houston are the authors of Farewell to Manzanar. There are twelve main characters in the novel and some characters who are more notable than others, such as Papa, Mama, Jeanne and Woody. Woody is the third and the oldest son of Wakatsuki family who has a strong character in this novel, Woody is born in California. Papa gets arrested in…

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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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    Diction In Dandelion Wine

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    Douglas Spaulding, age 12, showcases his magical powers in a short excerpt from Ray Bradbury’s novel Dandelion Wine. Bradbury paints a wizard-like portrait of the young boy by employing mystical diction and equally important comparisons to establish a rampantly magical atmosphere throughout the passage. Bradbury lays the foundation for magic through copious use of magical diction, word choice that reinforces the atmosphere. Lines 35-39 are especially significant because they mention young…

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