Ernest Hemingway Research Paper

Ernest Hemingway is known to be the master of the “one true sentence” and if he had to sum up his life in one he might have said this, “An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools.” (Ernest Hemingway Quotes- BrainyQuote) Hemingway’s life reflected in his writing as an author who contributed to the American literary canon and brought the Byronic hero into the 20th century with a more modern with a realistic twist, such as his character Harry in the following short story. Hemingway expresses his work through a male’s perspective with Harry for he discusses how he received his injury from the War while drinking alcohol. (Hemingway 3) Hemingway’s perspective has caused men around the world to think that literature

Hemingway grew up learning to fish swim and hunt from his father and his mother singing in the church choir and playing the cello. Hemingway spent most of his childhood and adolescence repressing the feminine influence his mother had over him and nurturing the masculine impact his father had over Hemingway. After being the favorite athlete in high school, World War I become a reality, Hemingway then joined the infantry but was later released due to having poor eyesight. Hemingway then wrote for the Kansas City Star, then enlisted to be a medical driver for the Italian’s in WWI, where he became injured and was a decorated hero by the end of the war. After the war, Hemingway began his literary career by publishing serval works such as For Whom the Bell Tolls, The Sun Also Rises, and Farwell to Arms. After traveling the world, Hemingway later committed suicide on July 21, 1961, because he felt that alcoholism no longer allowed him to function. During Hemingway’s life and career, he became known as the “manly author” for he created masculine characters such as boxers, soldiers, fishermen, and big-game hunters ("Ernest Miller

Harry tells her, she can not do it because it is a lot of work. However, Helen proves him wrong but doing exactly what he told her not to do (Hemingway 7). Another theme is regret, which is contributed by Harry for he dreams of writing about his past experiences such as losing the love of his life and expressing his loneliness and loss (Hemingway 10). The theme of regret continues into the theme of death, which becomes more prevalent as the story progresses for the gangrene is slowly eating away at Harry, and he knows that he will soon die if he does not take care of his leg properly but chooses to accept his faith. Death soon is inescapable as Harry lays in bed with Helen (Hemingway 11-12). According to Moreira, she states death is a common factor in many of Hemingway’s work for it shows that the protagonist is a genuine man for death is inescapable and many of his characters go peacefully like Harry. Moreira also states there is another kind of death mentioned throughout “Snows of Kilimanjaro” such as the spiritual death, which is evident in both Harry and Helen. For example, both are broken people who want