Research Paper On Ernest Hemingway

Ernest Hemingway’s novel of A Farewell to Arms depicts the harsh veracities of World War 1, based on Hemingway’s personal accounts. His novel, written with simplicity and sensory detail, develops a zealous affair between an injured ambulance driver and his nurse. Hemingway’s illustration of lovers amidst a war allows readers to create their own interpretation of how the story evolves. His writing entails the reader to examine the chaotic circumstances throughout the novel. For example, on page 172, Hemingway writes, “Well, we were in it. Everyone was caught in it and the small rain would not quiet it. ‘Goodnight, Catherine,’ I said out loud. ‘I hope you sleep well. If it’s too uncomfortable, darling, lie on the other side,’ I said. ‘I’ll get you some cold water. In a little while it will be morning and then it won’t be so bad. I’m sorry he makes you so uncomfortable. Try and go to sleep, sweet!’ I was asleep all the time, she said. You’ve been talking in your sleep.” Hemingway collaborates all the lovers’ troubles into a simple understanding. He allows the reader to acknowledge frustration and concern in daily life and plan how to overcome such obstacles. On page 169 he writes, “When we were out past the tanneries onto the main road the troops, the motor trucks, the horse-drawn carts and the guns were in one wide slow-moving column. We moved slowly but steadily in the rain, the radiator cap of our car almost against the tailboard of a truck that was loaded high, the load

“Bodies bleed in his novel, at times uncontrollably, and Frederic's narrative likewise suffers at times from troubling and uncontrollable outflow” (Dodman 98). These soldiers are bleeding uncontrollably, which shows the physical destructiveness of war, but these doctors are more greatly emotionally traumatized by witnessing these soldiers bleeding out and dying and knowing that there is not much they can do to save them. Just as the bullets and bombs have caused the soldier’s “uncontrollable outflow” of blood, Hemingway’s novel suffers from “uncontrollable outflow” because of the traumatizing events he witnesses.

Wagner-Martin, Linda, Reynolds, David S., and Myerson, Joel, eds. A Historical Guide to Ernest Hemingway. New York: Oxford University Press, Inc., 2000. Print.

Following the recommendation of Dr. John, I visited with Ernest Hemingway, who expressed a concern about his loss of sleep and loss of appetite. He feels guilty for actions that were committed during the war and that he couldn’t save everyone while he was there. He also described himself as a happy man and a family man expect for the times that he is writing and just wants to be left alone. Upon speaking him more in depth he began to close off and began to pace, not wanting to answer any questions, and wanted to just get medication and get home to where he was alone. When asking Hemingway what was the reason he wanted to return home and be alone? He began to become explosive and yell at me. Hemingway shut down and paced even more when I began to ask his wife, Martha, about his moods. Upon bringing in his wife and asking her questions, Hemingway began to become angry telling

Pain can come in many forms, but it is shared among all heroes- that is, shared between Hemingway’s and

Finally, Hemingway uses the isolation of the narrator to contribute to the mood of despair. He first enforces the grim mood through his depiction of the narrator as a foreigner to Italy. The narrator is an American while the other soldiers attending the hospital are Italian (455). Having the narrator live in a foreign country and converse with Italian soldiers using a foreign language adds to the sorrowful mood. Hemingway also uses the narrator’s medals to create the mood. When the narrator’s fellow soldiers learn that he receives his war medals because of his nationality instead of his performance, they treat him differently and he is “never really one of them” again (455). The change in the soldiers’ attitudes towards the narrator adds to

Wars and armed conflicts have a great impact on both the physical and mental health of soldiers. Armed conflicts have maimed thousands of soldiers and claimed the lives of many. Surviving soldiers have had to live a life of distress and mental torture resulting from post traumatic stress they suffer on their return to their country. Ernest Hemingway through fictional characters has shared the struggles of attempting to cope and re-adjust to life after fighting in a battle. His post-war civilian experience, his coping ability and life after war shows that it is not always easy for a soldier to cope with the civilian life after war. The society is less concerned with what happens to the surviving soldiers and much attention is drawn to the

Ernest Hemingway’s novel, A Farewell to Arms, focuses on a man named Frederick Henry, an American Lieutenant fighting alongside Italians during World War I. During his stay with the Italian army, Henry goes through love, pain, and death of his comrades. He conforms to the military tradition because that is his duty; however, towards the end of the novel, Henry decides to abandon this conformity, and chooses to live for Catherine, his lover, and himself. This striking change of action and philosophy arises from Henry’s disgust with violence and war. The change does not occur immediately; instead, Henry peels off his militaristic self layer by layer, and Hemingway shows this in a very biblical manner. These spiritual peelings are majorly highlighted

The period between World War I and World War II was a very turbulent time in America. Ernest Hemingway most represented this period with his unrestrained lifestyle. This lifestyle brought him many successes, but it eventually destroyed him in the end. His stories are read in classrooms across America, but his semi-autobiographical writings are horrible role models for the students who read them. Hemingway’s lifestyle greatly influenced his writings in many ways.

Hemingway’s childhood was infused with many hardships and roadblocks that continued to affect him later in life. He was extremely competitive and participated in boxing, football, and track, although he

Hemingway was born on July 21, 1899 at 8:00 a.m. (Lyttle) He weighed nine and a half pounds and was an inch short of two feet. (Lyttle) He was born in Oak Park, Illinois in the front bedroom of his grandfather’s house. (Ernest Hemingway Biography) His parents were Dr. Clarence Edmond Hemingway and Grace Hall Hemingway. (Ernest Hemingway Biography) He had five siblings; Leicester, Ursula, Marceline, Madeline, and Carol. (Ernest Hemingway Biography) His mother wanted a girl, so she dressed him as one and called him Ernestine. (Biography) Hemingway’s dad was an outdoorsman and his mother was into music and art. (Ernest Hemingway Biography) His mother trained to be an opera singer, however he followed in his father’s footsteps and learned to love the outdoors but to please his mother he also played

Ernest Hemingway is regarded as one of the most influential writers during the twentieth century. Born and raised in Oak Park, Illinois, Hemingway started his literary career writing newspapers in a local newspaper office. During World War One, he joined a unit in the Italian army, volunteering in an ambulance. While on the front, Hemingway was wounded and spent a considerable amount of time in the hospital. Later, he was presented with a medal for bringing back a wounded Italian soldier in spite of being wounded. Despite this setback, he returned back to the United States and became a reporter for American and Canadian newspaper. Shortly after, Hemingway was sent back to Europe to report events from the Greek Revolution.

Hemingway's world is one in which things do not grow and bear fruit, but explode, break, decompose, or are eaten away. It is saved from total misery by visions of endurance, by what happiness the body can give when it does not hurt, by interludes of love which

Many of the passages of the novel reflect his life. Hemingway writes: “But man is not made for defeat," he said. "A man can be destroyed but not defeated.” This has been shown through his life, as Hemingway wrote the novella to prove he wasn’t finished as a writer. This is also reflected during his time in World War 1. Hemingway was wounded by Austrian Mortar fire, and yet despite his injuries or “defeat,” Hemingway carried a wounded italian soldier to safety. Hemingway wrote: "When you go to war as a boy you have a great illusion

Ernest Hemingway the winner of the Nobel Peace prize lived a troubled life over his Sixty-two years of life and experienced many struggles. He went through a few marriages, different faiths and in the end, he lost his battle with depression. However, though all of this he made an impact on the world with the style and theme of American literature he wrote and is a significant influence to many authors and readers alike. During his life, there were many things that were an influence and help shape his writing into what it is today. Hemingway heavily focused on the theme of war during his career and was a topic of several of his novels one of those novels being “For whom the bell tolls” (Hemingway) The recognizable effects of Hemingway’s influence on literature is still witnessed around the world in the many tributes to him to this day.