Ernest Hemingway Essay
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Throughout the 20th century there were many influential pieces of literature that would not only tell a story or teach a lesson, but also let the reader into the author’s world. Allowing the reader to view both the positives and negatives in an author. Ernest Hemingway was one of these influential authors. Suffering through most of his life due to a disturbingly scarring childhood, he expresses his intense mental and emotional insecurities through subtle metaphors that bluntly show problems with commitment to women and proving his masculinity to others.
Ernest Hemingway was born on July 21, 1899, in Cicero, Illinois. Clarence and Grace Hemingway raised Ernest in the suburbs of Chicago and Northern Michigan. He spent most of his young years with his father, where he learned things that are necessary for a “man” to know. This included hunting, fishing, and appreciating the outdoors (“Early Years” 1). This being the origin of his notion that to be a man, you must follow masculine stereotypes.
His mother on the other hand had a different view of Ernest. Grace would take Ernest and dress him up as a girl, her excuse being that she always wanted him to be a girl. Being treated as a girl by his mother and then being made into a man by his father, had taken a toll on Ernest. He created an odd hatred/fear of women, especially towards his mother (Mental Floss 1). “He hated his mother, with reason. She was solid hell. A big false lying woman; everything about her was virtuous and untrue…” (Brainy Quote 1). Others around his mother could even notice that she did not treat her son properly, and that the hatred he contained for her, although unhealthy, was honestly reasonable.
Once it was time for Ernest to go to high school, he quickly be...
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... scarred as a child, that he lived in fear of women all of his life. He feared commitment and feared being dubbed a coward by most. Almost as if he was brainwashed, he pushed himself to the brink of depression to prove his masculinity to others. However, the truth is that he was actually trying to prove this notion to himself, hoping that it would one day reverse the effects of his traumatic childhood experience. Eventually, He drinks himself into a stupor and at the age of 61, and on July 2nd commits suicide. His fears, his depression, and a severe addiction to alcohol all had gotten ahold of him, and eventually made him believe that he had nothing else to live for (Biography Channel 1). Ernest Hemingway was one of the most influential authors of his time. Whose literature and life was swayed by a traumatic childhood, a dreadful mother, and a manipulated mentality.
In this essay, the author
- Explains that ernest hemingway was one of these influential authors. he expressed his intense mental and emotional insecurities through subtle metaphors that bluntly showed problems with commitment to women and proving his masculinity to others.
- Explains that ernest hemingway was born on july 21, 1899, in cicero, illinois. he spent most of his young years with his father, where he learned things that are necessary for a "man" to know.
- Analyzes how ernest's mother, grace, treated him as a girl, and made him into man by his father, created an odd hatred/fear of women, especially towards his mother.
- Narrates how ernest's interest in writing and his distinct straight-to-the-point style of writing was first introduced here. becoming known for his talented writing soon got him his first job as a cub reporter
- Narrates how ernest enlists in the army during world war i to serve as an ambulance driver in italy. he married his first love during the war, hadley richardson.
- Analyzes how hemingway's experiences in world war i, his manipulative mother, and scarring childhood influenced his writing. he was embarrassed and angered by his childhood.
- Analyzes how hemingway's fears of women, proving his masculinity, and problems with dedicating himself fully to one person spilled into many of his short stories.
- Analyzes how francis' lack of courage pertains to hemingway's fear of not being able to prove his masculinity.
- Analyzes how hemingway expresses his mind in "up in michigan" about a controversial romantic encounter and the dread that results from it.
- Analyzes how jim and liz play to established gender stereotypes. jim is a blacksmith, while liz is in the kitchen. hemingway gives us his preconceived notions on gender.
- Analyzes how ernest hemingway pushed himself to the brink of depression to prove his masculinity to others, hoping it would one day reverse the effects of his traumatic childhood experience.
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- The Life of Ernest Hemingwaynarrative essayErnest Hemingway “But man is not made for defeat," he said. "A man can be destroyed but not defeated.” (Hemingway, 29). This is one of the lines that Ernest Hemingway uses in one of his books, titled, “The Old Man and The Sea.” It was published in 1952, and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize the following year.
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- Describes reynolds, michael, and wagner-martin, linda's ernest hemingway: a brief biography.
- Cites mitgang, h., "leicester hemingway, writer and ernest's brother, is suicide." the new york times.
- Explains that ernest hemingway's "the old man and the sea" was the most popular of all his works. his parents, clarence and grace, were well-educated and respected.
- Cites mclain, p., and oliver, charles. hemingway a to z: the essential reference to the life and work.
1185 wordsRead More - Hemingwayanalytical essayFrom the time Ernest Hemingway became a renowned author, his works, as well as his life, have been analyzed by many. Under such scrutiny, many aspects of Hemingway’s works and life experiences have been in question to the realities and fallacies, which he laid forth. Much of Hemingway’s life, especially his time volunteering as an ambulance driver in Europe, has been in question to the true validity of his myth as a true adventurer and hero. However, as I have found, much of the mythology surrounding Hemingway is very true indeed, which leads me to believe that he did not embellish his life but rather used his experiences to create some of the greatest works of literature to be written throughout the twentieth century.
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- Opines that ernest hemingway's works, as well as his life, have been in question to the realities and fallacies, which he laid forth.
- Explains that ernest hemingway's "a farewell to arms" has been surrounded by controversy among literary, as well as historical scholars regarding his inspiration for the famous novel.
- Explains that ernest hemingway's inspiration for "a farewell to arms" can be found in his relationship with?anges, the amer. nurse, who was a love interest and nurse at the hospital that he recuperated at after being injured by machine gun fire.
- Analyzes the similarities between hemingway's people and his fictitious characters, including lieutenant henry, the main character of "a farewell to arms".
475 wordsRead More - Ernest Hemingway's Writinganalytical essayEarnest Hemingway’s work gives a glimpse of how people deal with their problems in society. He conveys his own characteristics through his simple and “iceberg” writing style, his male characters’ constant urge to prove their masculinity.
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how earnest hemingway conveys his own characteristics through his simple and "iceberg" writing style, his male characters' constant urge to prove their masculinity.
- Analyzes how hemingway's writing style is not the most complicated one in contrast to other authors of his time. he uses plain grammar and easily accessible vocabulary in his short stories.
- Analyzes how hemingway's mature style of writing short, declarative sentences developed at the star. he uses minimal amount of words to make a powerful point.
- Analyzes how hemingway uses positive words in his sentences to draw readers' attention to a positive aspect of the character's life.
- Explains that hemingway's simple writing style, his skill of effectively stating the number of things, and his use of positive words, all contribute to his "ice berg."
- Analyzes how hemingway uses his iceberg principle to convey the meaning to the reader more effectively.
- Analyzes how hemingway's male characters are always at urge of proving their masculinity thus not taking their manliness for granted.
- Analyzes how henry in the story "the doctor and the doctor’s wife" lies to his wife because he doesn't feel like it's her business.
- Analyzes how the article explores the theme and the meaning of "the three-day blow" and discusses hemingway's writing style.
- Explains that the critical companion to ernest hemingway: a literary reference to his life and work discusses how experience of his life shaped the way he writes his work.
- Analyzes hemingway's writing style in "mr. and mrs. elliot" and discusses the theme of masculinity in the story.
- Explains that werlock, abby h. p., "the doctor and the doctor's wife" is the second edition of the facts on file companion to the american short story.
1013 wordsRead More - The Life of Ernest Hemingwayanalytical essayThe Life of Ernest Hemingway Ernest Hemingway relied on experiences and the time period that he wrote the novel The Sun Also Rises. Hemingway used symbolism and irony to express his own experiences that he went through after the war, in this novel. Gertrude Stein named the generation of adults that lived during World War I, "The Lost Generation. "People thought the phrase holds true to some people who fought or were involved in the war. Hemingway quotes Stein in passages saying "The world remains and the sun continues to rise and set.
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- Analyzes how ernest hemingway relied on experiences and the time period that he wrote the sun also rises. gertrude stein named the generation of adults that lived during world war i, "the lost generation."
- Analyzes how hemingway's narrator, jake barnes, is the heart and soul of the book. brett, the beautiful, english woman he adores, provides the glamour of his struggle to deal with his injury and their relationship.
- Explains that ernest miller hemingway was born on july 21, 1899, in oak park, illinois, a conservative upper middle-class suburb of chicago.
- Explains that hemingway became the european correspondent for the toronto daily star and moved to paris with his wife in december 1921. he became friends with many prominent writers and artists living in post-war paris.
- Analyzes how hemingway's marriage fell apart and he re-married to a fashion reporter. his father committed suicide in 1928 after developing serious health and financial problems.
- Argues that robert cohn is the character that hemingway would like to be. he is a light drinker and believes in the romantic pre-war ideals of love.
- Analyzes how the characters in the sun also rises wander through endless, drunken procession of parties, cafes, and sexual affairs in a desperate search for meaning in their lives.
1011 wordsRead More - Essay On Ernest Hemingwayanalytical essayHemingway: Ernest Hemingway was one of America’s best authors. He started out writing many articles, and then even novels fro some of his lifetime experiences. Hemingway was a great influence on American society. Although Hemingway had many misfortunes in his life, he was a great writer. Ernest Hemingway was born on July 21, 1899 to Clarence and Grace Hemingway in Oak Park, Illinois.
In this essay, the author
- Explains that hemingway was one of america's best writers. he started out writing articles, and then wrote novels based on his lifetime experiences.
- Explains that hemingway's uncle tyler was inspirational to him as a teenager growing up. he was rejected for having poor eyesight, and instead of giving up, he joined the italian army as an ambulance driver.
- Narrates how hemingway moved to toronto, where he met his first wife, hadley richardson, and they were married in 1921. his devotion to writing led to his divorce, but pauline pfeiffer was not affected by this divorce.
- Narrates how hemingway returned to war in 1937 when he took on a job reporting about the spanish american war, divorced pauline pfeiffer, and was part of the d-day invasion.
- Explains that hemingway won the pulitzer prize for the old man and the sea in 1953, and a year later, the nobel prize in literature, as well as the american academy of arts and letters award of merit.
- Explains that hemingway's major influences include the reflection of time, his experience on the battlefield, fishing, bullfighting, and other sports he enjoyed himself.
- Analyzes how agori kroupi makes a connection between fishing and bullfighting with certain symbols in christianity, implying that hemingway did use religion in his work.
- Analyzes how hemingway's obsession with death began when his father committed suicide. he uses the human struggle with love, loss, separation, politics, and isolation in his writings.
- Explains that hemingway's least successful novel was across the river and into the trees, while islands in the stream was posthumously published.
- Analyzes how hemingway had a positive effect on society and people. in soldiers home, he emphasizes the mistreatment of soldiers when they return home from war.
- Opines that although hemingway had many misfortunes in his life, he was a great writer.
1146 wordsRead More - Hemingway's Love Life Rough Draftanalytical essayThroughout his years, various women had walked into the famous writer Ernest Hemingway’s life. Yet these same women never remained with Hemingway for long and soon enough walked out on him, with the exception of his last and final wife. Thus the love life of Ernest Hemingway proved to be a complex one. However the time each woman had spent with Hemingway did not simply end with their break-ups; instead the women’s brief relationship with Hemingway served to be a great source of inspiration for the famous writer. As a result, Hemingway's depiction of women in his literary works was influenced and inspired by these various women in his life.
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how hemingway met emily hadley richardson in the early 1920s and married the 29-year-old a year later. the couple moved back to the western hemisphere with the birth of their first son, john "bumby"
- Explains that hemingway and pfeiffer met at a mutual friend's house in paris and shared deep feelings towards each other.
- Analyzes how hemingway's marriage with martha gellhorn was the unhappiest out of his four marriages.
- Analyzes how hemingway's depiction of women in his literary works was influenced and inspired by agnes von kurowsky, the u.s. red cross nurse.
- Analyzes how caroline moorhead discusses her book on martha gellhorn. oliver, charles m. ernest hemingway a to z: the essential reference to the life and work.
1029 wordsRead More - The Masculine Sacrifices of Feminine Manipulation and Critiqueanalytical essayErnest Hemingway, an American Novelist writes in ways which “uses a plain, forceful prose style characterized by simple sentences and few adjectives or adverbs. He writes crisp, accurate dialogue and exact descriptions of places and things” (Kramer), to reflect his thoughts and life lessons. Hemingway apart of what is considered the “lost generation” writes a vast amount on the society that exists during the time of the World Wars and how they (the lost generation) struggle in adjusting to the changes of society after the wars. Through this and his personal experiences, Hemingway reveals his own thoughts on women. After reading Hemingway’s short stories, “Hills like White Elephants”, “Cat in the Room”, “The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber”, and his Novel, “A Farewell to Arms”, It is clear that Hemingway combines his ability to tell a story, and the ironic situations which occur between a man and a woman to prove that men sacrifice their future personal growth because of the manipulation and critique involved with love.
In this essay, the author
- Describes how his wife was looking out of the window. it was quite dark now and still.
- Narrates how she wants a cat, but she can't get one.
- Analyzes how george does not recognize what his wife is asking for, but shows that he is in control by telling her to shut up when she speaks too much and blatantly ignores her desires.
- Analyzes how hemingway's "hills like white elephants" depicts women taking men away from their attention and freedom.
- Opines that jig wouldn't mind it. it's just to let it go.
- Analyzes how hemingway tries to simplify how easy the operation will be by holding (or ignoring depending on you take) this conversation, and recognizes the dialog in which the female character uses manipulation.
- Opines that people don't have to be afraid. they've known lots of people.
- Opines that if one doesn't want to, he doesn’t have to.
- Opines that if we made this trip, there would be none of that.
- Opines that the trip was spoiled.
- Describes ernest hemingway's the short stories: the first forty-nine (1921-1938).
- Analyzes how ernest hemingway, an american novelist, writes in a plain, forceful prose style characterized by simple sentences and few adjectives. he reveals his thoughts on women through his short stories and ironic situations.
- Opines that they want to eat at a table with their own silver and candles, and brush their hair out in front of the mirror.
- Analyzes how hemingway uses manipulation in his short story "the short happy life of francis macomber."
- Analyzes how macomber's low self-esteem and his wife’s relentless critique and manipulation force him into a crippling emotional status, which ultimately limits his ability to attain his full potential.
1968 wordsRead More - Ernest Hemingwayanalytical essayErnest Hemingway best exemplifies his hero code in his novels The Sun Also Rises and The Old Man and The Sea through his protagonists Jake Barnes and Santiago. The honor code for each of these characters means avoiding and struggling against the meaninglessness of life (nada) and instead embracing a passion for life which they demonstrate by means of their actions and feelings.
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how ernest hemingway best exemplifies his hero code in his novels the sun also rises and the old man and the sea through his protagonists jake barnes and santiago.
- Explains that hemingway's code embodies principles that govern the actions of his main protagonists in his novels.
- States that hemingway's hero must face the unpredictablilities of life with honor and dignity, but he must also face challenges alone.
- Analyzes how jake barnes lived according to the hero code, living passionately and without illusion, and finding value in what he did with his life. his most elaborate statement of his code occurs during the fiesta at pamplona.
- Narrates how they paid their way into enough things that they liked to have a good time. enjoying living was learning to get their money's worth and knowing when they had it.
- Opines that hemingway didn't care what it was all about. he wanted to know how to live in it.
- Analyzes how jake barnes wanders from cafe to cafe drinking with his friends, many of whom are superficial and have no substantial goals in life.
- Analyzes how jake meets count mippipopolous, whose comments about values stir a conversation between the two men and brett.
- Describes brett's answers to the question: doesn't anything ever happen to your values?
- Analyzes how book two portrays jake as a man with purpose. he leaves france and heads to spain to fish for trout in the irati river, and watch the bullfights in pamplona.
- Explains that jake's days at burguete gave him great pleasure and satisfaction with life. he enjoyed the food, wine, and the view outside his window, the companionship of bill and harris and fishing in the dam.
- Analyzes how jake, as described by hemingway, fished with dignity while carefully baiting his hook, observed the 'lovely arc' of the jumping trout.
- Analyzes how jake barnes talks with montoya about aficion in pamplona. he is passionate about bullfights and embodies the honor code.
- Analyzes how jake's exemplars understand the values either from long hard experience, like count mippipopolous, or intuitively and automatically like the bullfighter pedro romero. the people in the sun also rises want meaning and fulfillment, but lack the equipment to find it.
- Analyzes how santiago, the protagonist in the old man and the sea, lives by the honor code and abides by rules that govern his life.
- Analyzes how hemingway sets santiago alone on his fishing expedition because only he can work out his destiny and come to final terms with life.
- Explains that 1999 marks the one-hundredth year since the birth of hemingway. the sun also rises and the old man and the sea are representative examples of his greatness.
2235 wordsRead More - Essay On Ernest Hemingway And A Farewell To Armsanalytical essayMohamad Abikenari Ms.Sedghi EL 4 Period: 2, 3 May 16, 2014 Hemingway, War and A Farewell to Arms Hemingway’s childhood and teenage years prompted him to enlist in the army and to go to World War I. His experience in World War I inspired him to write A Farewell to Arms, which depicts the real-life experience of the dangerous adventure of an ambulance driver who falls in love with the beauty of a woman who is a nurse during the war. Hemingway’s style of writing attracted millions of readers to purchase A Farewell to Arms. His ability of mixing fact and fiction made his works more unique and fascinating. His masterpiece became a symbol of hard life during war and it remains as one of the greatest novels of the twentieth century.
In this essay, the author
- Narrates how hemingway met agnes hannah von kurowsky, a twenty-six-year-old american nurse, and they declared their love for each other.
- Analyzes how the analysis of world war i provides an essential framework for our understanding of the entire twentieth century. hemingway put most of his time on writing, reading, fishing and visiting friends.
- Analyzes how hemingway wrote a farewell to arms based on his life experience during world war i.
- Concludes that world destroys the lives of people who are strong, because it makes them stronger. ernest hemingway and frederic henry had a lot in common.
- Analyzes how hemingway demonstrated his emotions through characters and convinced the readers through his writings.
- Explains that hemingway's experience in world war i inspired him to write a farewell to arms, which depicts the real-life experience of an ambulance driver who falls in love with a nurse during the war.
1557 wordsRead More - Ernest Hemingway Influenceexplanatory essayErnest Hemingway is today known as one of the most influential American authors of the 20th century. This man, with immense repute in the worlds of not only literature, but also in sportsmanship, has cast a shadow of control and impact over the works and lifestyles of enumerable modern authors and journalists. To deny his clear mastery over the English language would be a malign comparable to that of discrediting Orwell or Faulkner. The influence of the enigma that is Ernest Hemingway will continue to be shown in works emulating his punctual, blunt writing style for years to come.
In this essay, the author
- Opines that ernest hemingway, one of the most influential american authors of 20th century, has cast a shadow of control over the works and lifestyles of enumerable modern authors and journalists.
- Explains that hemingway was born in oak park, illinois on july 21st, 1899 to his parents, clarence and grace. his relationship with his mother was rocky at best, and may explain his focus on appearing masculine later in life.
- Explains that hemingway began working for the kansas city star as a reporter at 18, his uncle managing to arrange the job for him. his hallmarked austere approach to literature has been mimicked by literary giants such as james joyce and brett easton ellis.
- Explains that ernest served as an ambulance driver in italy during world war i. his experiences were used as a blueprint for his acclaimed novel, a farewell to arms.
- Narrates how hemingway fell in love with a red cross nurse, agnes von kurowsky, but they never met again. this made him insecure and detrimental to his relationships.
- Narrates how hemingway went on a fishing and camping trip with friends to michigan's upper peninsula. the trip inspired the short story, big two-hearted river.
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