Ernest Hemingway

             Hemingway was a man of integrity, but also a very dedicated writer and so called war hero. He spent a lot of his time being depressed over all his hardships in life that he went through. He once said, "every man would die depressed". When he began writing he was soon noted for his writing abilities and became the next most important writer since Shakespeare.
             Hemingway was born in 1899 to an abusive family. His parents wanted a girl or at least his mom did so as Ernest grew up he was raised as a girl. They had dressed him up in girl clothes. He soon hated his mom for what she did, and just turned to his dad for support. His dad wasn't much of a supporter because he was very harsh, and abusive. He was a well liked man throughout high school, he loved to play football but was a poor athlete. This is where all his writing began.
             His life soon ended when the archduke was assassinated. He tried to join the army but they would not let him in because of his poor vision so he joined the Red Cross. His wish more than anything was to go to the front lines. He got his first taste for war when he was handing out cigarettes to troops, that's where his obsession for war started. He soon was able to have his wish when he became a reporter for the war. He was able to lead troops at his own will and the troops called him captain. He never said for those troops to lead him they just followed him and respected him for who he was.
             He was able to write and tell many stories from his past war experiences. Though many of his stories were not true he always said he was very heroic.
             He must have been a very loving man because he always had two women that he was with. He always lost his women he was remarried many times throughout his life. He was a big time cheater on his wives. His life became filled with drinking and depression. He lived in Cuba most of the time but traveled a lot. He could always out drink any
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