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Ernest Hemingway Research Paper

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Who is Ernest Hemingway? He was a short story writer, novelist, and journalist, is regarded as one of the greatest writers of all time, and many of his works are considered classics of American literature. So if you were wondering, yes, he is quite important to our history. Ernest Hemingway was born on July 21, 1899 in Cicero, Illinois. Today Cicero is known as Oak Park. His parents were, father, Clarence Edmonds Hemingway, who was a physician, and mother, Grace Hall-Hemingway, who was a musician. He had five siblings who were: Leicester, Marcelline, Usula, Carol, and Madelaine. Hemingway’s early life was right here in the state of Illinois and partly in Michigan. He was born in Illinois, but his family did spend a lot of time in a cabin in …show more content…

He had a passion for writing so the only thing that made sense to do for him was pursuing that passion and dream. While he was writing for the Kansas City Star he uncovered new and different ways to write. With these new techniques he was quickly gaining experience in writing and it was there that he partially put together his style of writing. But his writing career would come to a short stop in 1918 when he served in World War One. He served as an ambulance driver that was helping out the Italian army. He was awarded the Italian silver medal of bravery, but soon after was injured and that put him in the hospital. (biography.com, Military Experience). In the hospital, he met a woman, Agnes von Kurowsky, who would accept his proposal of marriage. But love would not last long for Ernest because the woman left him for another man. Agnes broke off the engagement before the marriage, leaving him heartbroken to say the least. But this tragic incident would shape his style and inspire writings like A Farewell To Arms. (Hemingway biography.com) Hemingway was still recovering from his injuries and with no reason to stay in Milan, he returned home from the war at the young age of 20. When he got back to the US, he went back up to his childhood favorite place of northern Michigan and stayed there for a short time. Soon after going there he took a job at the Toronto Star. There he met his soon to be first wife Hadley Richardson. The married couple quickly moved to Paris. In 1923, Hemingway and Hadley had a son whose name is John Hadley Nicanor Hemingway. In 1925, the couple took a trip to a festival and that trip would provide a basis for Ernest’s first novel The Sun Also Rises. (Life in Europe, Hemingway, biography.com). His first novel was a hit. By many people around the world The Sun Also Rises is said to be his best piece of work. But soon

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