The Influence Of Heroism In The Old Man And The Sea By Ernest Hemingway

Ernest Hemingway is among the most unmatched of American authors. In his works, he is often said to focus on gender roles, especially those of men. Hemingway often created characters that showed the characteristics that he believed made a boy into a man. However, these characteristics are not gender-specific, and could very well apply to women as well. This collection of characteristics became the Hemingway Code Hero. The Hemingway Code Hero, more commonly referred to as the Code Hero, was an embodiment of male prowess. Most of Hemingway’s characters failed to live up to this almost impossible standard, however, all of his characters are capable of

The immense importance of the short novel finds reflection in that it is a successful attempt to depict the concepts of isolation, individualism, and pride, as well as the reflection on heroism and the human striving for live. In the image of Santiago who strongly resembles the author of the book, Hemingway sought to show “a noble and tragic individualism revealing what a man can do in an indifferent

The setting in which the story takes place emphasizes the relationship of the man and the woman in the story. Hemingway writes:

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 starts the book out by moving to Italy where he joined the Army during World War 1 as an ambulance driver (Sindelar, 2014). Hemingway joined the war to end all wars, ready to display honor and courage (Sindelar, 2014). During battle, he was blown up in a trench (Sindelar, 2014). After the war returning home, he fell in love, contemplated marriage, and was rejected by the woman he loved (Sindelar, 2014). His conflict with death, battle wound, and first experience with love, all became key events for developing a code of behavior for facing life’s challenges (Sindelar,

He was an extraordinarily talented fisherman. He was an accomplished boxer. He was the winner of the bronze star as a war correspondent during World War II. Hemingway’s acts of bravery and manliness make him the epitome of manhood. This view of masculinity

Sometimes it is more important to realize how the characters speak to each other or even what they decide not to say than what they are actually saying. Sometimes Hemingway has his characters saying only things that the other characters want to hear, in this way Hemingway shows the complexity of the way humans actually interact. A great example of Hemingway’s writing styles are displayed in "A Clean Well-Lighted Place”, this shows that a plot that could seem so simple can turn out actually truly complex. During this story Hemingway lets the characters speak, from the characters we find out the loneliness inside the two men and the apathetic animosity of the other. Another prime example of Hemingway’s writing styles are found in his short story “Hills like White Elephants”, when the story starts we see two people, a man and a woman, sitting at a table talking, Hemingway does not give the reader any prior knowledge, only the characters dialogue.

It’s all about a man who is capable of endurance and dignity in the face of his pain, his loose and even his own death, because life is unfair and painful. Even though live has no real meaning Hemingway's heroes faced their unfair life with some dignity, class and confidence. Life may have no real meaning to it, but they gain dignity and respect. Just by preserving bravely in the face of their life of nothingness.

Hemingway may see his characters as brave if they were to be the ones that are courageous, brave, and strong. Hemingway shows the strength when Henry was in a bombing that killed one his men and injures him. the strength comes in when he was able to show the full recovery of Henry. Going on in the book it shows Henry when him and his drivers were mistaken for german drivers and they kill one of the drivers and threaten to kill henry. While this was going on Henry escaped and Hemingway shows the bravery and courage through the escape. This shows that he was able to escape when one of his men was killed. Hemingway uses this illustration to show the strength, bravery, and the courage that henry has.

Throughout his life Hemingway had different people who influenced his writing. Hemingway always had his head in a book as a child, he often read form and in high school tried to imitate Ring Lander (Pingleton 14) From all his reading Hemingway learned the difference between good and bad writing, learning to write truthly (Pingeton 14). Hemingway’s father was another influence, his father taught him to love the outdoor and would often take him to Michigan for vacations. He set many of his best work in northern Michigan (6). When he was in hospital for standing his injury he fell in love with a nurse named Agnes von Kurowsky, she would be the inspiration for Catherine Barkley form A Farewell to Arms(EXPLORING Short). Other people Hemingway

Hemingway’s novel The Sun Also Rises has his male characters struggling with what it means to be a man in the post-war world. With this struggle one the major themes in the novel emits, masculine identity. Many of these “Lost Generation” men returned from that war in dissatisfaction with their life, the main characters of Hemingway’s novel are found among them. His main characters find themselves drifting, roaming around France and Spain, at a loss for something meaningful in their lives. The characters relate to each other in completely shallow ways, often ambiguously saying one thing, while meaning another. The Sun Also Rises first person narration offers few clues to the real meaning of his characters’ interactions with each other. The

The characters in Hemingway’s stories reveal much about how he feels about men and the role they should play in society. Most of Hemingway’s male characters can be split into one of two groups. The first of which is the “Code” Hero. This is the tough, macho guy who chooses to live his life by following a “code of

Examples of the “code” hero in Hemingway’s work include Manuel the bullfighter, in “The Undefeated” he fights with a noble dignity even when he is jeered by the crowd and gored by the bull, along with Wilson, the big game hunter from “The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber” who shows no fear when confronted with a charging lion. But perhaps the greatest figure of masculinity found in Hemingway’s work is Santiago from The Old Man and the Sea. He keeps his composure and maintains dignity after the fish that he has been fighting is lost to the sharks.

Ernest Hemingway’s style consists of many unique traits that portray his writing: his way of conveying that, “The Hero,” isn’t what one imagines, a physically good-looking character, in a good physical state and someone who is perfect. Yet, Ernest Hemingway’s of portraying “The Hero” is odd: someone of age, health issues, and a courageous, unconquerable, brave person who never gives up, protagonist, Santiago. Santiago said, “A man can be destroyed but not defeated” and was exactly how Santiago managed his problems.

The male characters of the novel all struggle with what it meant to be a man living in a post-world war world in which up until then had been taught that men were warrior-like creatures who should take pride in the defending one’s homeland. Fighting was romanticized as being the act of courageous, heroic, and virile men. The reality of The Great War presented a much different reality. One of close quarter combat, fighting in trenches, long-range bombardment, and the use of chemical warfare. All of this served to shatter the perception of the soldier that had long been idealized by Americans. The main characters, whom like Hemingway were all ex-