Ernest Hemingway, born in 1899 in Oak Park, Illinois, not far from us now. Hemingway would grow from a reporter in his high school paper to on of the most influential writers of the 20th century. The Hemingway style would set him apart from the others, his simple realist style was different than other writers at the time. Though Hemingway was a great writer but it was also his experiences in life that would give him ideas for stories. Hemingway would also become part of the Lost Generation in which he knew many people, this experience was surely one that helped Hemingway hone his skills. After high school he was determined to join the war, he would see the front lines or all of about a week. He would take his war time experience and used it heavily while writing. Layer in life he would movie to a paris with his first wife, there he would join another group of writers that would come to known as the lost generation. There Hemingway would hone his skills as well as climb to fame. As the value of Hemingway's writings grew so did his public image. He would do manny thing, that one might call daring, things like running with the bulls, big game hunting, and sport fishing south of the U.S. All of these would be perfect for hemming way to base his writing on.
Though his writing career was a a peak Hemingway's personal life was a mess. By the time he committed suicide in 1961 you could see ge had problems physically and mentally. He lost his ability to write after a series of plane crashes. Physically he was very limited. By the end of it all Hemingway would leave behind 3 boys and 4 wives , he died because he wasn't satisfied with himself, because he could not live up to his legend, because he could not live up to Hemingway.
Great analysis of Hemingways character, nice focus on his boyhood life
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