Passion for Writing

Going from place to place was just the way Ernest Hemingway was. He had been all over the world to places like: Spain, Paris, Africa, and Cuba. Cuba is also one of the places that is present in his book To Have and Have Not. To Have and Have Not was published in 1937. Ernest based much of this book from the time and experiences he had when he was in Florida and Cuba. It was about a man named Harry Morgan who lived in Key West and the Caribbean in the mid-1930’s and was a fisherman. Sometimes he would go on dangerous missions for profit. Those travels included the transportation of Cuban rum from Cuba to Florida. Harry was decent and honorable, according to his own set of principles, but became overmatched by evil men (Hemingway 56-60). This book was also later put into the form of a movie in 1944 that was directed by Howard Hawks (CNN 2).

Ernest Miller Hemingway was born on July 21, 1899, in suburban Oak Park, IL. He was the second of six children to be raised in the quiet suburban town where his father was a physician and his mother was a musician. He loved the outdoors and would always go with his father on hunting and fishing trips. His aptitude for physical challenge stayed with him through high school where he p

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Hemingway also edited his high school newspaper and reported for the Kansas City Star after he graduated form high school in 1917 (Nagel 91-99). He was also seriously injured while he was in Africa where he was traveling on a plane. One example is To Have and Have Not the book was interesting and entertaining but the words were too repetitive, and therefore did not receive any awards (Ernest Hemingway 1375-1378). On one level, he was a legendary adventurer who enjoyed his flamboyant lifestyle and celebrity status. It just got him into trouble sometimes.

Ernest Hemingway’s own life and character are indeed as fascinating as any in his stories. One of Hemingway’s greatest virtues as a writer was his self-discipline. Ernest would sit and look for hours over the roof tops of Paris and think to himself that he was going to write something soon, and all he had to do was think of one true sentence and he would have it (Donaldson 185-190). While he was recovering from the Italian front incident, Hemingway picked 227 metal fragments out of his right leg. Thus proving that social realism was the plot of his book. Harry Morgan was being forced to work as a guide for rich, ignorant tourists. He was in his forties at the time, and it was a very bad time, but he took advantage of it and used what he knew in his writing (Nagel 100-109). For example; For Whom the Bell Tolls and A Farewell to Arms are two of his works that are based on war (Donaldson 175-180). So, when times got hard, he would run liquor on the Caribbean. Under the pressures of corrupt and immoral local officials, he moved beyond the law into a series of dangerous and illegal voyages that eventually lead to his death.

Approximate Word count = 1899
Approximate Pages = 8 (250 words per page double spaced)

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