Essay On Ernest Hemingway

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Lindsay Houston
Robert Womack
ENG-113-110
18 March 2014
Ernest Hemingway Research Paper
The birth of American writer Ernest Miller Hemingway on July 21st, 1899 in Oak Park, Illinois occurred during the progressive era and mere months before the Philippine-American war. Raised in the conservative suburbs and vacationing in northern Michigan the young Hemingway enjoyed the outdoors at his family’s cabin and his experiences there led him to become a sportsman partaking in fishing, hunting, and thrill-seeking. His initial writing skills were divulged when he began writing for his high school newspaper “Trapeze and Tabula” where he took interest in the sports section which would later play a large role in his professional writings as his focus on masculinity and social theories.
Born to Dr. Clarence Hemingway and music teacher Grace Hall Hemingway; Ernest Hemingway had abundant mental stimulus for growth throughout his juvenile advances. As early as the seventh grade there are records of his school work that showcase his early affinity for written art; namely one piece that illustrates not only his creativity but also passion for prudence and literature “Class Prophesies” which detailed what he believed his classmates would go on to do in their adult lives (Targeted News Service.) A large collection of Hemingway’s works are in the JFK Library where one could practically observe the development of his writing and style from kindergarten drawings to childhood essays to sonnets and short stories recognized in the literary publication of his high school. Ernest Hemingway embodied the characteristics of a gifted and talented student from a very young age as many would expect from one of the greatest literary minds in history.
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... much to be learned about the deeply troubled and equally enthusiastic Ernest Hemingway. From thrill-seeking to several failed marriages nearly every aspect of his life shines through into his style, attitude, and life choices most clearly of all his writing both professional and informal. The straightforwardness and simplicity of his prose ushered in a new style drastically different from the flowery, embellished descriptions and drawn out stories from the previous century. Ultimately Ernest Miller Hemingway will forever be a timeless, classic American writer who succeeded despite his alcoholism, faltering health, intimacy issues, and presumed psychological disease which is most likely the perpetrator creating both his risky escapades and adulterous rendezvous in addition to his debilitating bouts of depression, bitterness, and eventually suicidal behaviors.

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