Ernest Hemingway Angela Penniman April 1, 2012 American Literature Online Author Presentation

Foreward Note

Author, Journalist, Soldier, International Artist, Adventurist

Biography  Born in Oak Park, Illinois as one of six children  Mother taught him culture and art  Father taught him how to use an axe, a gun, and to fearnothing  Watched for German subs off coast of Cuba duringWWII

 Joined a volunteer ambulance unit when the US entered WWI

Biography  Thought of as confident, however he was shy and frustrated  Had many illnesses throughout his life such as anthrax,pneumonia, mental illness  Suffered from paranoia and depression and believed the FBIwas surveying him  A plane crash in 1953 in Africa caused mental and physicalproblems

Biography  Wives: Eizabeth Hadley to  Pauline Marie Pfeiffer to  Martha Gellhorn to  Mary Welsh to his death Children:Jack, Patrick, and Gregory Hemingway

“Action Man” Wanted to prove himself to be the toughest and best

Writing  Wrote/edited high school yearbook and newspaper  Worked for the Kansas City Star after high school andlearned his style there  Wrote mostly about hunting, war, characters who foughtbravely regardless of whether they won or lost  Never sat down and wrote. Analyzed every word to makesure everything had a purpose

Writing  Intended to marry Agnes, a Red Cross nurse. She becameengaged to another, breaking his heart  Agnes became the basis for the females in his stories, suchas Helen in The Snows of Kilimanjaro.  He decided to leave the women in his life before they everlet him  Won the 1954 Nobel Laureate in Literature for his influenceand art of narrative

Nobel Prize Hemingway’s Acceptance Speech (Audio)

Famous Works  Straight forward prose, spare dialogue made his worksstand out  The Old Man and the Sea  Men Without Women  The Sun Also Rises  For Whom the Bell Tolls  Men At War

Death  In 1960, he started shock treatments.  Couldn ’ t hunt or fish anymore, so he decided to end his life  After three attempts (botched by his wife), he died on July2, 1961 by a 12 gauge shotgun in his mouth  Unfortunately, his family had a history of suicide– hisfather, sister, and brother all took their own lives  His wife reported it as an accident

“Never believe any of that about a scythe and a skull.” - Harry, The Snows of Kilimanjaro

The Snows of Kilimanjaro  The theme is about a successful writer losing his talent inthe midst of success, celebrity, and wealth  The main character (Harry) blames his wife (Helen) for hisfaults, yet he understands it is his fault as well  Flashbacks show erosions of values of love, loose sexualrelations, drinking, revenge, and war.

The Snows of Kilimanjaro  Harry is suffering from gangrene while stranded on a safari.  He reviews his life and wasted talent, blaming his wife, awoman he “doesn ’ t love”  The safari is his chance to put his life on track, leavingbehind luxury, laziness, wife’s wealth.  Redemptions: giving his last pain pills to a wounded friend,writing through his pain, and keeping his real feelings fromhis wife

The Snows of Kilimanjaro  Harry sees the hyena at the foot of his bed just as he isabout to die.  His dream of being rescued to the top of Kilimanjaro andseeing the snow leopard is his death.  As his spirit is released, he travels to the dazzling bright,white summit  The hyena, vulture, and wife’s wealth all represent death ofan artist

References  Ernest Hemingway Books. Word Press, Web. 17 Feb  Ernest Hemingway - Biography. Nobelprize.org. Web.17 Feb bio.html bio.html  Hemingway, Ernest. “The Snows of Kilimanjaro.” The Norton Anthology of American Literature. 8 th Ed. Baym, Nina; Levine, Robert S. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, Print.  Hulse, Caroline. Ernest Hemingway. Joe Daisy Studio, Web. 17 Feb  Sands, Jacque. Ernest Hemingway Home. Ernest Hemingway Home and Museum Web. 17 Feb