Hemingway's My Mountain: My Passion Is Writing

Everyone has a hill. Some green, others brown, and the rest, beautiful, enchanting dips that seem to shape the earth with soft curves. But as we near that hill it gets larger. The once soft curves turn jagged, emulating swords that are sprouting from mother nature 's hands. The small shadow that was left by the hill grows into a monstrous juggernaut that seems to swallow us up as the hill turns into a daunting mountain. This feeling is common in many tasks like school but for me school stays a hill. Math is a simple whisper in the wind that joins the small chirp of history and the scurrying of science. My mountain is my passion. I am a bee swarming over the largest flower. I can’t seem to carry enough pollen to suit my desire. My passion is

To writers it should be a goal. “After you learn to write your whole object is to convey everything, every sensation, sight, feeling, place and emotion to the reader,” (Hemingway 51). However, doing this is one of the most difficult tasks that can ever be presented to a person. To capture the moment perfectly without sounding bombastic one needs to begin by using proper vocabulary. As Hemingway stated, “Actually if a writer needs a dictionary he should not write. He should have read the dictionary at least three times from beginning to end [...],”. Another challenge for the writer it to properly convey the emotion of the situation the only problem is that not everyone knows how everyone else feels. A person who has never seen life outside of pearly gates and clean halls cannot write about a person who lives next to death, nor can the person who lives next to death write about a person in pearly gates. The trick to getting these gifts to write about more than what you know is to listen. “As a writer you should not judge. You should understand,” (Heminway 31). To use words to create a portrait like a painter with a brush. A understanding of the world is crucial. “You should be able to go into a room and when you come out know everything that you saw there and not only that. If that room gave you any feeling you should know exactly what gave you that feeling.” (Hemingway 31). This applies to writing prompts that have to deal with the current status of our world. If one wishes to convey their opinion the best way to do that is to understand the subject that they are being asked to state an opinion on. They should know the facts and both sides to create a cohesive argument. This lesson is a simple but probably the greatest lesson a writer could learn. It teaches how to connect with people using logos, ethos, and pathos. “If you do this successfully enough you make the person who is reading them believe that the things