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Ernest Hemingway's Writing Style

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The classic love and war story, A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway, tells the story of Lieutenant Henry and his love, Catherine Barkley. Taking place in World War One and being published just a few years after, the book is loosely based on Hemingway's own personal experiences in the war. It explores the themes of love, war, hope, and grief. This book made waves when first released in the 1920s and had continued to remain a classic to this very day. Critics have both positive and negative things to say about this novel and seem split on their opinions, I too am relatively split on what I think. A hallmark of Hemingway's writing style is his minimal use of adverbs. He uses simple short sentences that are very easy to figure out and this sets him apart from other literary legends. Is this a good or a bad thing? William Faulkner once stated that Hemingway, “... has no courage, has never crawled out on a limb. He has never been known to use a word that might cause the reader to check with a dictionary to see if it is properly used” (Faulkner). So as you can tell, Faulkner does not think that Hemingway's short sentences and simple vocabulary are very negative things. However, other critics very well may disagree, arguing that this is an amazing writing …show more content…

Specifically in the character that is Catherine Barkley. All throughout the book she constantly shows and says that Henry is her whole life and that she would do anything for him. She falls into the stereotype that women need a man to be complete and she is extremely fragile, another stereotype. Personally, I don't think that her portrayal is sexist by any means. I can see why people would think that about her character's development but, I personally think that the way she is developed is used a literary tool to show the way people cling to love and hope in the midst of a world being in the midst of constant

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Hemingway created a false image of himself to be some kind of war hero, so in an attempt to “soothe his conscience”, he wrote about an unhappy soldier that just returned from war that was later turned into Krebs. ” The relative unhappiness of his personal life in 1924 was instrumental in causing

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Modernism is reflected in the themes and characteristics of Ernest Hemingway’s “A Soldiers home”, Langston Hughes “A Dream Deferred”, and F. Scott Fitzgeralds “On a Play Seen Twice.” Modern literature became popular between 1915 to 1935 and focused on one’s own thoughts and feelings. The different uses of syntax and the feelings of loneliness and alienation are often seen in modernist writing. After the world wars, people’s attitudes toward society changed which can be seen in “A Soldiers Home.”

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"Don't you think it's about time?" His mother did not say this in a mean way. She seemed worried.” (Hemingway 6). Krebs grows weary of his mother's concerns and asks “Is that all?”

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Hemingway App makes your writing bold and clear. Judgement has always been a part of the world, many people judge others for their appearance or for simply being different than they are. Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is based on a scientist’s successful experiment of bringing a dead body back to life. Once the scientist succeeds, he is left frightened at his creation and abandons it . The scientist Victor Frankenstein calls his creation a “wretch” and assumes that it is evil solely based on it's appearance.

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He couldn't stand things, I guess." "Do many men kill themselves, Daddy?" "Not very many, Nick." (Hemingway, Indian Camp, p. ) Hemingway’s construction of gender identity is a theme intrinsically seen as part of his works.

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Relationships are the core of everything we do in life. We love someone, so we do something for them; we value someone 's opinion, so we respect them; we dislike someone, so we avoid them. Relationships cause people to act on their emotions which impact how and why they do the things they do. Ernest Hemingway’s short story “Hills Like White Elephants” is about a couple trying to come to a conclusion on a delicate matter. While the man strongly promotes his opinion the girl is hesitant but wants to do whatever will make him happy.

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If taken literally, Hemingway’s story is one in which very little happens. The story takes place in a train station in Spain where a couple argue about a vague event over drinks. From the very start of the short story, there is an overbearing uneasiness felt in the text as the unnamed male and the girl, Jig, hold what seems to be—on the surface—an innocent conversation. By using a limiting third person point of view that consists mostly of dialogue, Hemingway creates an obstacle in the way of understanding as there is no clear insight to what is going on inside of either party’s head. The conflict that the pair seem to be discussing is never named and it becomes the metaphorical elephant in the room much like the white elephants that Jig sees in the mountains.

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Facts About Influenza • According to researchers at Harvard University, 20-30% of people with influenza have no symptoms, whereas with Ebola the majority of people experience obvious symptoms. • In 1918-1919, a flu pandemic occurred, also known as the Spanish flu. About 20-40% of the worldwide population fell ill to this diseases, killing about 50 million people, with about 675,000 deaths occurring in the United States • In 1957, Asian flu was first discovered in China, and caused about 70,000 deaths is the US • In 1968 -1969, the Hong Kong Flu (H3N2) was first detected and killed about 34,000 people in the United States. • Symptoms of Influenza are fever, cough, sore throat, runny nose, muscle or body aches, headaches, fatigues, and in some cases vomiting and diarrhea.

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“Soldier’s Home”, a short story written by Ernest Hemingway that demonstrates great use of literary devices through a struggling veteran. This is an outstanding short story that shows the impact of war on a young soldier's life after returning home from the war. The story is molded behind the main character Harold Kreb, who is struggling in his return home from his traumatic experience in World War I. The author observes the impact of war on a young man's life, and the hostility shown towards him in his home town. In "Soldier's Home," Hemingway uses repetition, symbolism, and characterization to develop the theme of how veterans may struggle to return to civilian life after a war.

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Ernest Hemingway’s characters are frequently tested in their faith, beliefs, and ideas. To Hemingway’s characters, things that appear to be grounded in reality and unmovable facts frequently are not, revealing themselves to be hollow, personal mythologies. Hemingway shakes his characters out of their comfortable ignorance through traumatic events that usually cause a certain sense of disillusionment with characters mythologies, moving them to change their way of life. His characters usually, after becoming disillusioned, respond with depression, suicide, and nihilism. However, this is not always the case.

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Ernest Hemingway An essential figure in twentieth-century American writing, Ernest Hemingway got both basic and famous approval for his books, stories, and ballads. On occasion, his open picture appeared to dominate his stature as a genuine essayist. All things considered, the greater part of his background as a defining moment chaser, a bullfight devotee, and as a remote ocean angler served incredibly to update his general collection of work since he drew intensely on these encounters in his written work (Scribner Laidlaw 2). Conceived in Oak Park, Illinois, Hemingway was instructed at Oak Park High School. Subsequent to moving on from secondary school in 1917, he turned into a columnist for the Kansas City Star, yet he exited his occupation

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(Hemingway 31). Hemingway’s restatement of Frederic’s desires during the war such as “I wish she were here now” and “I wished I were in Milan with her” show how war can leave you in constant need of what you had and did before. In particularly, Hemingway describes how Frederic was

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His most well known types of literature throughout his career included included novels and short stories. Hemingway was also known to write newspaper articles as well as popular magazine essays. The techniques he used in his writing involved narration and dialogue. He covered topics such as personal struggles, death, and the effects of war with most stories taking place in Africa. In the book Critical Survey of Short Fiction, Second Revised Edition, Laurence W. Mazzeno pointed out Hemingway’s influence; he noted “his spare style has become a model for authors, especially short-story writers” (3).

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Lieutenant Frederic Henry and Catherine Barkley are the protagonists of Ernest Hemingway’s novel A Farewell to Arms. Although there aren’t any other characters in the majority of the novel, there are a few that make an appearance every so often, like Rinaldi, The Priest, Helen Ferguson and Miss Gage. For the sake of this paper I will only be looking at the minor character Helen Ferguson, who is close friends with Catherine. Helen, who is often referred to as Ferguson or Fergy, is the voice of reason in regards to Henry and Catherine’s relationship.

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He showed this literary technique by reiterating situations relating to World War I; which he was injured in. Repetition of the word “never” denotes the strong belief the parent has; striving for their child to excel at life by not making the same mistakes they made. This adverb is symbolic of the child who is silenced by the emphatic parent. The overuse of this word should serve to engage and teach us, a generation in need of a reminder, that we can’t go through life living up to the expectations of those around us, because the repeated word ‘never’ will seem to become ‘never’-ending. The “never” is relevant and comprehensive, as Hemingway summarizes both the rich details of one person’s experience, yet a whole view on humanity and youth

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