From 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.
One of Ernest Hemingway’s greatest novels, “A Farewell to Arms”, has been surrounded by controversy among literary, as well as historical, scholars regarding Hemingway’s inspiration for the famous novel. Many feel that Ernest Hemingway created this fictional book solely from his imagination rather than his experiences, while others believe that Hemingway drew the inspiration for this book from his experience as a volunteer ambulance driver throughout the war. Even though there has been much controversy, there is documented historical proof that the experiences that Hemingway had experienced from his time in the war had influenced his creation of “A Farewell to Arms”.
One of the most prevalent sources for 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 Hemingway recuperated at after being injured by machine gun fire. The relationship that was created between Hemingway and (Anges) led to the inspiration and creation of one of the main character in “A Farewell to Arms”, as Mrs. Catherine Barkley. The similarities between these two characters of Hemingway’s life, one real and the other fictitious, is astonishing. For instance, both Catherine Barkley and (Anges) where pretty American nurses during a war, while both also being in love with a wounded ambulance driver at their hospitals.
The similarities between the people of Hemingway’s life and his fictitious characters can also be found between Lieutenant Henry, the main character of “A Farewell to Arms”, and Hemingway himself. Once again, the similarities between these characters is astonishing; so much that Lieutenant Henry seems to be Hemingway’s idea of his younger self rather that a fictitious character.
In this essay, the author
- 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".
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- A Farewell To Armsanalytical essayErnest Hemingway’s classic novel, A Farewell to Arms, is one of the greatest love and war stories of all time. The success and authenticity of this tale is a direct result of Hemingway’s World War I involvement. The main character, Frederick Henry, encounters many of the same things as did Hemingway and creates a parallel between the author and character.
In this essay, the author
- Explains that ernest hemingway's classic novel, a farewell to arms, is one of the greatest love and war stories of all time. the success and authenticity of this tale is a direct result of his world war i involvement.
- Describes ernest hemingway as a handsome, athletic, adventurous young man who tried to enlist in the army but was rejected due to an eye injury he sustained during his high school football career.
- Analyzes how hemingway and his fellow drivers were rudely awakened to the total devastation of the war when they had to remove the parts of dead or severely injured victims of a munition factory explosion.
- Narrates how frederick henry, like hemingway, drove ambulances in italy during world war i. he fell madly in love with an english nurse, catherine barkley.
- Explains that hemingway's world war i experience differs from that of frederick henry. he rode his bicycle, while dodging the austrian’s crossfire, to bring chocolate and cigarettes to his friends in a nearby trench.
- Analyzes how hemingway created frederick henry's character and experiences from his own. the reader is captivated by his detailed, believable story.
507 wordsRead More - A Comparison of Hemingway and Frederic in A Farewell to Armsanalytical essayBloom, Harold. Introduction. Ernest Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms. Ed. Harold Bloom. New York: Chelsea, 1987.
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- Compares the experiences of ernest hemingway and his character frederic henry in a farewell to arms. both were involved in world war i, in a medical capacity, but neither of them were regular army personnel.
- Analyzes how ernest hemingway's novel, a farewell to arms, is based largely on his personal experiences.
- Analyzes how hemingway felt powerless and created alternative lives by writing stories. frederic and catherine are both in love with each other in a farewell to arms.
- Analyzes how hemingway, like frederic henry, acted out his feelings of inadequacy by hunting, drinking, spending lots of money and sleeping with many women. both men are eternally morbid, which shows itself in their obsessions with war and death.
- Introduces hemingway's a farewell to arms, and explains how it was revaluated.
1706 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.
676 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 - Frederick Henry Discoveredanalytical essayNagel, Gwen. “A Tessera For Frederic Henry: Imagery And Recurrence in A Farewell To Arms.” Ernest Hemingway Six Decades of Criticism. Ed. Michigan State Press : 1987. 187-193.
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- Describes nagel, gwen, and ernest hemingway's six decades of criticism: imagery and recurrence in a farewell to arms.
- Explains phelan, james, "the concept of voice, the voices of frederic henry, and the structure of a farewell to arms."
- Analyzes how hemingway portrays fredric henry as a well-established man, but he is confused and not sure of what to do.
- Analyzes how frederic grows from a callow, self-centered narrator to mature man who learns and faces up to the inevitably destructive nature of his world.
- Analyzes how hemingway shows us that frederic is a strong character by putting him through many trying and tedious tests during his wartime experience.
- Analyzes how ernest hemingway uses his idea of the code hero to introduce us to an amazing character in a farewell to arms.
- Analyzes how frederic is a clean-shaven man who is tall in stature and attractive, which makes him fit into hemingway's code hero.
- Analyzes how frederic's emotional quality is similar to that which we associate with tragedy: he becomes more and more aligned with hemingway’s norms and this more estimable in ical audience.
- Analyzes how hemingway makes his character frederic the strongest and most courageous person in the novel.
1904 wordsRead More - Essay On Ernest Hemingwayanalytical essayErnest Hemingway was a great American author whom started his career humbly in a newspaper office in Kansas City at the ripe, young age of seventeen. Once the United States joined World War One, Hemingway deemed it fit to join a volunteer ambulance service. During this time Hemingway was wounded, and decorated by the Italian Government for his noble deeds. Once he completely recovered, he made his way back to the United States. Upon his arrival he became a reporter for the American and Canadian newspapers and was sent abroad to cover significant events. For example, he was sent to Europe to cover the Greek revolution. During his early adulthood, Hemingway became a member of the group of expatriate Americans in Paris. This is known as the time in his life in which he describes in two of his novels; A Farewell to Arms and The Sun Also Rises the latter of the two being his first work. Hemingway was able to use his experiences of serving in the front during the war and his experience of being with other expatriates after the war to shape both of these novels. He was able to successful write these novels due to his past experience with working for newspapers. His experience with the newspaper seemed to be far more beneficial than just supplying him with an income, with the reporting experience under his belt he also was able to construct another novel that allowed him to sufficiently describe his experiences reporting during the Civil War; For Whom the Bell Tolls. Arguably his most tremendous short novel was a about an old fisherman’s journey and the long, lonely struggle with a fish and the sea with his victory being in defeat.
In this essay, the author
- Describes ernest hemingway as a great american author who started his career humbly in the newspaper office in kansas city at the ripe, young age of seventeen. he was wounded and decorated by the italian government for his noble deeds.
- Analyzes how hemingway conveys male insecurity by illustrating how brett refers to herself as "chap" many times throughout the novel.
- Analyzes how brett displays destructive behaviors throughout the novel. sex is what leads cohn to go insane and make him an enemy of the other main characters. brett's unbearable desires prevent her from being happy with just one person and getting into a relationship with jake.
- Analyzes how hemingway left the aimlessness of the "lost generation" up to interpretation. the war redefined masculinity and put life in a different perspective.
- Analyzes how hemingway used his experiences with his own life to connect with readers. the sun also rises and the old man and the sea are two of his greatest novels.
1106 wordsRead More - Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms Receives Positive Criticismanalytical essayPublished in 1929, Ernest Hemingway finished A Farewell to Arms when he was barely 30 years old. Hemingway had been planning on writing about World War I for more than a decade, and chose A Farewell to Arms to be his attempt at a blockbuster, a novel which would sell very well.1 This view is supported by the fact that one of Hemingway's original works, presumably loss in the fiasco of Hadley's luggage, was also a war novel, emphasizing Hemingway's firm belief in the importance of war and love as a theme. By this time, of course, Hemingway was already fairly well known, having already published four short story collections and one successful novel in The Sun Also Rises. In this sense, Hemingway's timing in his quest for a big seller was perfect. Fortunately for Hemingway the book did sell, and although he was already close to being a bestseller at the time of A Farewell to Arms publishing, the novel went on to lead best-seller lists after only a few weeks in publication. In contrast to the lack of money-making power of Fitzgerald's novels, A Farewell to Arms sold 45,000 copies in only seven weeks; in fact, the interest in the book was so high Scribner's had to renegotiate Hemingway's contract following the unexpectedly large sales statistics.2
In this essay, the author
- Explains that ernest hemingway finished a farewell to arms when he was barely 30 years old, and chose it as his attempt at a blockbuster.
- Analyzes how the initial reception for a farewell to arms was strong. hemingway was praised for his literary technique and writing style. some critics lambasted the vulgarity of the work.
- Explains ford madox ford's "introduction to ernest hemingway’s a farewell to arms" (1932) p.
- Cites ray b. west, harold bloom, and ernest hemingway's a farewell to arms: modern critical interpretations.
- Analyzes how positive criticism continued to follow hemingway and specifically a farewell to arms throughout the years.
878 wordsRead More - Analysis Of A Farewell To Arms By Ernest Hemingwayanalytical essayErnest Hemingway was born on July 21, 1899, in Oak Park, Illinois. His mother, Grace Hall, was a trained opera singer and later on, a music teacher. His father, Clarence Hemingway, was a doctor and an avid naturalist ("Ernest Hemingway: An Inventory”). Just after graduating high school, at the age of eighteen, Hemingway enlisted in the army to fight in World War I ("The Big Read"). After being severely wounded in the war, he moved to Paris in 1921, and devoted himself to writing fiction (Baker). It is said that, “No American writer is more associated with writing about war in the early 20th century than Ernest Hemingway” (Putnam). Hemingway’s book A Farewell to Arms was published in 1929, and was based off of the events that happened to him in the war and what happened in his love life. Fredrick Henry, the protagonist, is an American ambulance driver fighting for the allies during World War I. He is introduced to a nurse named Catherine, who he later on falls in love with. Henry was hit by a trench mortar shell and was very badly injured. He is then sent to Milan, where Catherine later on comes to help nurse him to health. The two fall in love and Henry no longer is involved with the war, so they try and have a child, but both Catherine and the child die during labor, and Henry is left alone. Psychoanalytical approach views the psychological motivations of characters, which refer to the dynamics of personality development and behavior based on the unconscious motivations of a person ("Psychoanalytic Theory”). Hemingway’s writing was greatly impacted by his real life tragedies, which consist of witnessing the gruesomeness of war and his discovery and loss of love, this helps exhibi...
In this essay, the author
- Explains that ernest hemingway was born on july 21, 1899, in oak park, illinois. he enlisted in the army to fight in world war i, and devoted himself to writing fiction.
- Analyzes how hemingway's writing was greatly influenced by his real life tragedies, which include witnessing the gruesomeness of war and his discovery and loss of love.
- Analyzes how hemingway's involvement in world war i impacted his writing by associating characters with real life experiences as an ambulance driver.
- Analyzes how hemingway's relationship with agnes von kurowsky helped him create powerful relationships in his novels.
- Explains that psychoanalytical approach is structured off of sigmund freud's theories of psychology. the id, the ego, and the superego influence human behavior.
- Analyzes how the id, ego, and superego can be seen in the characters of henry and catherine in ernest hemingway's a farewell to arms.
- Analyzes how sigmund freud believed in the psychological structure of id, ego, and super-ego — fredric is constantly surrounded by characters that influence the reader's view. psychoanalysis helps people become aware of the aspects that determine their behaviors.
- Analyzes how fredric henry is unable to achieve absolute happiness due to the circumstances he finds himself in.
- Analyzes how henry's id, which wanted love, could no longer be achieved because his love was now dead. once catherine died, henry died as well, portraying that henry will never be the same without her.
- Analyzes how catherine was incapable of obtaining complete happiness because of the loss of her fiancé.
- Analyzes how catherine's unconscious reveal her desire for happiness, while she recognizes her need of love, but she is unaware of all the hurt that is controlling many thoughts dealing with love and happiness.
- Analyzes how rain symbolizes misfortune and the undeniable disbanding of happiness within the soldiers' lives.
- Analyzes how the rain symbolizes disaster, which leads to the unhappiness of the soldiers throughout the novel.
- Analyzes how hemingway's writing was significantly influenced by his real life misfortunes, including experiencing the horrors of war, firsthand, and his finding and loss of love.
2941 wordsRead More - A Farewell To Arms - Imagery Paperanalytical essayErnest Hemingway used an abundant amount of imagery in his War World I novel, A Farewell to Arms. In the five books that the novel is composed of, the mind is a witness to the senses of sight, touch, smell, hearing, and taste. All of the these senses in a way connects to the themes that run through the novel. We get to view Hemingway’s writing style in a greater depth and almost feel, or mentally view World War I and the affects it generates through Lieutenant Henry’s eyes.
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how ernest hemingway used imagery in his war world i novel, a farewell to arms. the mind is a witness to the senses of sight, touch, smell, hearing, and taste.
- Analyzes how hemingway shows us his style in writing by giving us a distinct taste of how your body must crave for food or liquid to quench the hunger/thirst.
- Analyzes how hemingway's style gives us the feeling of being in a tent, being protected by the outside, and this is what henry feels.
- Analyzes how the smell of vaselined metal relates to the theme of the vicious reality of war and how love's a response to it.
- Analyzes how hemingway uses the sound of rain as a foreshadow almost, for example, when the life of catherine perished.
- Analyzes how the fury of snow in a farewell to arms blinded catherine and henry as they took a walk in the land of their new home of switzerland.
- Analyzes how hemingway's writing style and use of imagery depicts the first world war in ways we could not imagine.
1603 wordsRead More - Hemingwayanalytical essayHemingway In one of the chapters in the book entitled “Hemingway” the author Leo Lania tries to explain Hemingway and his work. He explains that a key to understanding Hemingway can be found in the characters of his heroes and in their beliefs. The leading character “appears in various guises in the different novels and short stories but basically he is always the same type”(Lania8).Whether ordinary soldier or general, smuggler or gambler, Negro or journalist he is a man scarred by experience. He has always been gravely wounded, physically or mentally, either during the war, in the sports arena, during childhood, in fight for existence. At some time or other something terrible has happened to him and the memory persecutes him.
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how leo lania tries to explain hemingway and his work in one of the chapters in the book entitled "hem
- Analyzes how hemingway's main character is an american from the middle west. he needs a moral code and practical experience to master life.
- Analyzes how hemingway used the sun also rises as a source for a farewell to arms.
- Explains adair, william, "the sun also rises: the source of a farewell to arms." university press of kentucky, 1999.
- Explains that hemingway's views of honor and heroes are limited and childish, and the role played by women in his work is significant.
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