Ernets Hemingway
...Parents
3. Influences
4. Siblings
5. Hobbies
B. Adulthood
1. War
2. Influences
3. Marriage and Children
4. Tragedies/Illnesses
5. Death
III. Literary Style
A. Unique
B. Very Influential
IV. Famous Works
A. Novels
1. Three Stories and Ten Poems
2. A Farewell to Arms
3. The Old Man and the Sea
B. Short stories
1. "Men Without Women"
2. "The Fifth Column and the First Forty-nine Stories"
V. Conclusion
Ernest Miller Hemingway was an American novelist and short-story writer, whose style was characterized by crisp, laconic dialogue, and emotional understatements. Hemingway's writing and his personal life extended a profound influence on American writers of his time. Many of his works are regarded as classics of American literature and some have been made into motion pictures.
Ernest Hemingway was born July 21, 1899 in Oak Park, Illinois. His parents were Dr. Clarence Hemingway and Grace Hall Hemingway. Ernest was the second child of six. His father was an accomplished physician and his mother was enthusiastic musician. Ernest Hemingway loved to accompany his father on outdoor activities such as hunting or fishing, although his mother would have preferred her son to be more influenced by music. His love for the outdoors would later show up in his writing as an accomplished author. He loved to play with his brothers and sister although most of them were younger then him. He had four sisters and one brother. He played football and boxed on a regular basis. Hemingway's interest in energetic activities carried on through his high school years while he attended Oak Park High School, which he graduated from in 1917. During his high school years he edited the high school newspaper and reported for the Kansas City Star. But within a few months he left his job.
He was finally able to participate in World War I as a voluntary ambulance driver for the...
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