Ernest Hemmingway was not only a great American writer but he was also a great
             showman. His shameless self-promotion made him a celebrity beyond the world of
             literature. Although his life was a normal one as a child, Hemmingway developed into a
             great writer and with that he got recognition from the world, which he traveled
             constantly. Despite his decent upbringing and success in life, in the later years of his life,
             The Oak Park neighborhood of Chicago was an average place to live and grow up
             in. Hemmingway was born there on July 21, 1899, to his parents Clarence and Grace
             Hemmingway. His father, a doctor by day and a hunter by season, passed on to the
             young Hemmingway a love for the outdoor life. His mother, a strict Protestant,
             continually tried to pursue her son to have the same beliefs as herself but he rebelled
             against her and religion. His high school days were similar to many Americans at that
             time and it was not until later in his life that he was anything more than average.
             In the meantime, World War 1 was on the minds on many Americans, including
             Ernest Hemmingway's. He decided to serve his country and help but when he went to
             register, he was rejected due to his poor vision. This incident did not prevent him from
             being included in the war, he found an opening as a Red Cross worker and took
             advantage of that, abandoning his job at the Kansas City Star. While he was on duty, he
             was injured and brought to a hospital where he met his first love, nurse Agnes von
             Kurowsky. After the war, he returned home and began writing again. He then met
             Hadley Richardson and married her in 1921. The couple then moved to Paris in order for
             Ernest to write for the Toronto Daily Star. In Paris, he wrote his first well-known novel,
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