Hemingway
On the date of July 21, 1899 Ernest Hemingway, a now known brilliant writer, wasborn. Hemingway was conceivably the only writer to achieve the combination ofinternational celebrity and literary stature in the twentieth century. Hemingway wasbrought up in the village of Oak Park, Illinois, close to the prairies and woods west ofChicago. Both here and in Michigan, he could explore, camp, fish and hunt with his father,Dr. Clarence Hemingway. In Chicago he would attend concerts, operas and visit artmuseums with his mother, a musician and an artist. Hemingway attended Oak Park andRiver Forest High School, where he was an active writer. He wrote articles, poems andstories for the school's publications largely based on his own experiences. The year Hemingway graduated he quickly secured a job with the Kansas City Star. There he received a writing style sheet that instructed: "Use short sentences. Use shortfirst paragraphs. Use vigorous English." (Parshall 1). These were rules he never forgot toincorporate into his works to get to the heart of a story. The following year he entered World War I as a volunteer with American RedCross ambulance unit as a driver. There he wa
Themonths and years of idleness slip by. In the years following World War II, many critics said Hemingway's best writingwas past. Always have courage and face your fears in life is the lesson from "The ShortHappy Life of Francis Macomber". Francis Macomber was a wealthy American on asafari with his beautiful, unloving wife, Margot. On one of the first days out Macomberflees away as fast as possible to get away from the lion instead of shooting due to his fears. The man in this novel isFrederick Henry, one of the central characters and the narrator. Later on Macomber has the chance to live up to his fears again which he does, by facing abuffalo and his wife (when he realized she was in Wilson's tent one night). Hemingway was devastated that he could no longer write as heonce did. Hemingway watched the struggle for half the day, finally pulling his own boat closeenough to throw some provisions into the boat of the embattled fisherman and boy. Just like Frederick in the story he isseriously wounded and taken to get medical care. Santiagogoes through two days and two nights of the pain of his shoulders, back, and handsbecause the marlin is to big to just tie the line to the boat.
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