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Research Paper On Ernest Hemingway

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Diego Fernandez
Mr. Schaefer
English 10
January 28, 2015

The Old Man and The Sea

Ernest Hemingway was the writer of the novel "The Old Man and The Sea". Ernest Miller Hemingway was born on July 21, 1889 in Cicero, now Oak Park in Illinois. He grew up with his parents, Clarence and Grace Hemingway in this suburb of Chicago, but they also spent a lot of time in a cabin that they had in northern Michigan where he learn to hunt, fish and appreciate the outdoors.

During his high school career, he worked for his school newspaper, "Trapeze and Tabula", he wrote mostly about sports. Right after graduation he went to work for the "Kansas City Star" where he gain experience and developed his stripped-down prose style.

In 1918, Ernest took part in World War I. He was an ambulance driver for the Italian Army. For his service, he was awarded with the "Italian Silver Medal of Bravery", but soon he suffered injuries that landed him in a hospital in Milan. There he met a …show more content…

After the publication of "The Sun Also Rises", Hemingway and Hadley divorced, due in part to his affair with a woman named Pauline Pfeiffer, who became Hemingway's second wife. He continued to work on his book of short stories, "Men Without …show more content…

"The Old Man and The Sea" became a "Book of the Month Club" selection and made Ernest Hemingway a celebrity. The first edition print run was five thousand copies. The illustrated edition featured black and white pictures by Charles Tunnicliffe and Raymond Sheppard. In 1953, the novel received the Pulitzer Prize and was specifically cited when it was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954. The success of "The Old Man and the Sea" made Hemingway an international celebrity and the novel is normally taught and continues to earn foreign

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