By: Mike Harris 5/9/2009

Ernest Hemingway /9/2009

Ernest Hemingway – Short Bio: Born/Died – ( ) An outdoorsman – Fishing – Hunting – Skiing Military – WWI- Volunteered in Ambulance Unit for Italian Army – WWII- Stationed aboard Pilar Marriage – Hadley Richardson (1921) – Pauline Pfeiffer (1927) – Martha Gellhorn (1940) – Mary Welsh (1946) 5/9/2009

“A Farewell To Arms” (1929) “Booked named on 100 best English- language novels of the 20th century by the editorial board of the American Modern Library.” Main Characters: Frederick Henry and Catherine Barkley Setting: WWI Tone: Tragedy (Catherine dies during childbirth, Their baby dies, Catherine’s first husband dies, and war abounds) Style: The characters are based upon real life; “Ernest Hemingway's affair with Agnes von Kurowsky became the inspiration for "A Farewell to Arms" (1929).”(Lombardi, see Bibliography) 5/9/2009

“The Old Man and the Sea” (1952) No. 1 in The Irish Independent's list of 20 Lifetime Reads Main Characters: The Old Man (Santiago) Boy (Manolin) Setting: Land Sea Tone : Pessimistic, Reverence 5/9/2009

Hemingway Styles Hemingway Tones: – Tragedy – Pessimistic – Gloom – Lonely – Ecstatic – Sorrowful – Contentious – Angry – Confused The Hemingway Code: “Numerous influences from various people and events from his personal life” (Cooper, Michael) -”Does not give way to lengthy geographical and psychological description.” (Cooper) -”Avoids direct statements and descriptions of emotion.” (Cooper) Simple sentences and few adverbs or adjectives.(Cooper) Hemingway tries to put the reader in the story. -Use short sentences. Use short first paragraphs. Use vigorous English. Be positive, not negative. 5/9/2009

Hemingway The best way to understand his works are to keep them simple. Don’t overlook what he is writing about. Many of Hemingway’s works were based upon his real life experiences or people that he knew. This helps you the reader feel closer to the story because it is something you can relate to. Hemingway writes so that you may enjoy and so that you may visualize being part of the story. 5/9/2009

“A Farewell to Arms” Watch the movie based on the novel based on Ernest Hemingway Please see the link to eztakes.com ch.jsp?pid= ch.jsp?pid= /9/2009

Bibliography 1.From Nobel Lectures, Literature , Editor Horst Frenz, Elsevier Publishing Company, Amsterdam, 1969Nobel Lectures 2.From biographybase. 4 May From nobelprize.8 May Esther Lombardi. About.com. 8 May Hemingway, Ernest. A Farewell to Arms. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, accessed 8 May The Nobel Prize in Literature 1954". The Nobel Foundation. Retrieved on January The Nobel Prize in Literature 1954" 7.Cooper, Michael "The Writing Style of Hemingway." The Writing Style of Hemingway. 12 Sep EzineArticles.com. 9 May /9/2009