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Life and Work of Ernest Hemingway

Established as one of the major American writers of his age, Ernest Hemingway is perhaps one of the most imitated writers in recent history. However, he was, and still is, one of the most controversial figures in American literature. Having had a disquieting childhood, Hemingway had grown to question and wonder at the nature of the world around him. This is perhaps why his later life was marked by many voluntary travels and adventures. A most important initial adventure that set the stage for his later life, was his participation in World War I and subsequent wounding in battle. His outlook on life having been changed drastically by the experience of war, Hemingway returned with many conflicts to resolve and many ideas to ponder. Because of his training as a writer, he found writing about his experiences or ideas to be a natural extension of himself. This natural ease and nonchalance that he took towards his writing eventually became one of the major writing styles of the twentieth century. Ironically, this same nonchalance was also one of the most criticized aspects of Hemingway's life. Indeed, almost three decades after his death, the criticisms of his work and his life get more numerous every year. This paper will discuss the life of Ernest Hemingway in order to set the stage for his later years. His work will then be discussed to understand how he viewed his early life, his situation at the time of writing, and his views on the world around him. Since there have been so many criticisms of Hemingway and his work, there will also be a review of some of these major assessments. To conclude, there will be an overview of the impact that Hemingway had on his own, contemporaneous, world.

Born of Anglo-Saxon parents in Oak Park, Illinois on July 21, 1899, Hemingway was a tough, loud boy who learned the arts of an outdoorsman from his father early in life (Wagner 3). His father, although an accomplished doctor, made it a p...

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