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Ernest Hemingway is an American author that describes his unique style of writing as the Iceberg Theory. The Iceberg Theory is best described as a style that gives the reader the bare minimum leaving the vast majority of the story unspoken. This theory is most prominently expressed in Hemingway's works such as short stories, Canary For One and Hills Like White Elephants. Canary For One presents a American couple and lady on a train headed to Paris, the couple was to Paris to set up separate residences

war usually either had shell shock, now known as PTSD, or a form of trauma or alcoholism. Authors who went into the war as soldiers left it with a heavier mindset and were called the ‘Lost Generation’. In particular, this generation included Ernest Hemingway who committed suicide and F. Scott Fitzgerald who was an alcoholic. They began to write without the previous romanticized style and instead were “defined [as] a generation of novelists and measured them by how accurately they captured its essential

Ernest Hemingway was a writer in the 1900s. His first major novel, The Sun Also Rises was published in 1926 after World War I (Bryfonsk 46). The novel is critical of the “Lost Generation” or, people who lived aimless lives after the war (Anderson 63). The novel The Sun Also Rises is influenced by the history of the time and Hemingway’s personal experiences; it shows the change in roles and ideals of a generation. The social climate in which the characters of The Sun Also Rises live is heavily influenced

The acclimation from years in the frontline of World War 1 to a boring everyday life in a small Oklahoma town can be challenging. Ernest Hemingway’s character, Krebs, has a more difficult time adjusting to home life than most of the other soldiers who had returned from the war. The other men from the town who had been drafted were all welcomed respectably on their return. Krebs on the other hand, returned to his home in Oklahoma years after the war was over. When he returned, the greeting of heroes

Masculinity and Style in Hemingway and Carver. The following will present the themes of 'masculinity ' in relation to style in Raymond Carver and Ernest Hemingway. Both are major figures of 20th century US fiction, and both write about characters that struggle with male or masculine identity and social expectations. These struggles often mean that other characters in their stories are the victims. In other words, the problems that the characters experience, are both 'internalized ' but also 'externalized

Ernest Miller Hemingway: 1899-1961 Ernest Miller Hemingway According to literary scholars was the “most celebrated and most controversial writers of the 20th century” (Nagel). Hemmingway changed the course of literature due to his easy, often brief and clear short stories, novels, plays and poetry unlike many other writers in his time. Hemingway was noted for his often adventurous lifestyle where he went to places such as Spain, Paris and Zimwambe safaris. However, Hemmingway was a tragic hero due

Ernest Hemingway pulled from his past present experiences to develop his own thoughts concerning death, relationships, and lies. He then mixed these ideas, along with a familiar setting, to create a masterpiece. One such masterpiece written early in Hemingway's career is the short story, "Indian Camp." "Indian Camp" was originally published in the collection of "in Our Time" in 1925. A brief summary reveals that the main character, a teenager by the name of Nick, travels

Ernest Hemingway was a great American writer that accomplished many pieces of work including short stories, novels and journals. Hemingway was born in 1899 and raised in Illinois; he first started writing in high school for his schools newspaper cover things such as the local orchestra and working for the school year book. After graduation from high school he started his first job as journalist in Kanas working for the Kansas City Star newspaper. Hemingway soon left Kansas to serve in WWI as an

Biography of Ernest Hemingway "Certainly there is no hunting like the hunting of man and those who have hunted armed men long enough and liked it, never really care for anything else thereafter. You will meet them doing various things with resolve, but their interest rarely holds because after the other thing ordinary life is as flat as the taste of wine when the taste buds have been burned off your tongue." ('On the Blue Water' in Esquire, April 1936) A legendary novelist, short-story

to novel to discuss the temptations that are depicted by Hemingway to give an accurate representation of the daily lives of the soldiers and the author hints at a justification for their actions: “It might sound sordid, but during war who can blame soldiers for seeking pleasurable diversions from the gritty horrors they encounter everyday? Certainly not the Italians or their military, for as Frederic points out, there were two ‘bawdy houses’ in the town where his unit was stationed, ‘One for troops