Throughout Paris, cafés are the known as the epitome of French culture because of their cheerful and hospitable nature. In 1671, the very first coffee house was opened for business in Paris by a man only known by the name Pascal. Today, almost three hundred fifty years later, there are over 7,000 coffee houses, or cafés, located within Paris. Each cafe holds its own personality, giving the patron a unique experience with each visitation. In Ernest Hemingway’s A Moveable Feast, he continuously visits cafes within walking distance of his apartment. However, for others such as myself, the journey to these cafés may not be so simple. In order for Hemingway to allow the reader to truly experience what he felt and witnessed while visiting these cafés, he must provide the reader with elegant imagery. …show more content…
However, Hemingway uses some of these places to enhance his writing of books, novels, and short stories. In order for Hemingway to project his abilities onto the reader, he must first acquire the feeling of hunger. Because Hemingway is surrounded by the delectable scent of Paris cafés, this only increases his hunger. More importantly, Hemingway believed “hunger was good discipline” (65). For Hemingway to say this, he knows his best writing is produced when he is hungry. Being hungry increases the focus needed by an artist such as Hemingway because he can feel his stomach turning over inside him, causing himself to feel his emotions, which in turn produces his best writing. Not only does Hemingway believe this, but he says, “I learned to understand Cézanne much better and to see truly how he made landscapes when I was hungry. I used to wonder if he were hungry too when he painted…” (65). Everything that Hemingway is known for today is because of this hunger he created in himself to realize his full potential and to succeed in his