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Ernest Hemingway was born on July 21, 1899 in Oak Park, Illinois. Oak Park is a small suburb that is located close to Chicago. Ernest was the second child of Dr. Clarence Hemingway, a general practitioner, and Grace Hall Hemingway who was an aspiring opera singer. In Ernest's early days his mother had always wanted twins so when he was young his mother would dress him up as a girl and call him "Ernestine" and act like Ernest and his sister were twins. As a kid Hemingway led an active lifestyle. He participated in sports such as swimming, football, and boxing. He also excelled in his studies especially English. He attended Oak Park and River High School in Illinois. After Graduating in 1917 he decided not to go to college and instead enrolled in the military for World War I. On July 8th 1918 Ernest was injured while delivering supplies to the allied troops, this ended his military duty. English had always seemed to be his passion so he later decided to write for the The Kansas City Star which was a newspaper based in Kansas City. He later went on to become one of the most well known American writers ever.

Ernest Hemingway is most famous for his works in genres such as War and Romance. Even though these two genres seem entirely different HEmingway somehow formed them into one to create some of the best works of literature ever. Some of his most well-known writings are __Men without Women__, __ In Our TIme__, and his most famous piece of work __The Old Man and the Sea__. He won awards for these famous writings such as the 1953 American Academy of Arts and Letters Award of Merit, the 1953 Pulitzer Prize for __The Old Man and the Sea__, and then won the Nobel Prize in 1954 for Literature. Hemingway uses some of his novels to relate them to the bible and Christ. This is shown in __The Old Man and the Sea__ in which the Old Man's struggle represents Christ's struggle. When the Old Man is walking back o his shack after the long fight with the Marlin he carried the heavy mass on his shoulder like Jesus did with the cross. The Marlin in the story also represents what man is searching for whether it is good or bad. His writings influenced people to try hard even when the going gets tough. The Old Man and the Sea is an example of this because the little old fisherman tamed the large marlin and even after three days he conquered the fish. Ernest Hemingway's Literature reflects his time period because he writes about war in a lot of his books and throughout his life there was always a war such as World War I and World War II. His writings also reflect his time period because he wrote about the economy and during the 1920's and 1930's the economy drastically changed for the worst. Hemingway contributed to American society because of his distinctive writing style which is based on the economy. His protagonists are usually men who exhibit an great maturity and are described as "grace under pressure". Ernest Hemingway helped shape 20th century fiction writing.


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Moore, Gene M. "Ernest Hemingway." Research to Biography & Criticism 1 (1985): 569-573. Literary Reference Center. EBSCO. [library name], [City], [State abbreviation]. 22 May 2008 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=lfh&AN=17043129&site=lrlc-live.

When Gene Moore wrote about Ernest Hemingway in __Research Guide to Biography & Criticism__ he talked about how Hemingway grew up in Illinois and the key moments in his life. It also shows what works Hemingway was famous for and when they were published such as __The Sun Also Rises__, 1926. Moore uses sections with certain aspects in each to show what and when Hemingway did things. I used some of the facts I discovered on my trading card such as his major book titles. This source worked out very well for finding events that happened in Hemingway's life.

"Ernest Hemingway." __Research Guide to Biography & Criticism__ 4 (1990): 235-240. Literary Reference Center. EBSCO. [library name], [City], [State abbreviation]. 22 May 2008 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=lfh&AN=17074905&site=lrc-live>.

In this analysis Ernest Hemingway and unnamed author writes about other historical writer's criticisms and gives his/her point of view. The unnamed author shows how some of these historical writers are wrong about their ideas while others appear as geniuses. This article is seperated into paragraphs with each paragraph usually being a new article. I used this source to write my paper and see both sides of some arguments. This source is not that great because it is more of an argument then information on Hemingway.

Nagel, James. "Ernest Hemingway."Concise Dictionary of American Literary Biography. 1. 1989.

James Nagel wrote about Hemingway and his life. Nagel showed where and when Hemingway was born and who his family was. He also talked about how Hemingway was brought up and how he became interested in writing. This article was seperated into sections based on the time in his life. I used some of the facts to write my trading card such as his birthday which is on July 21st. This was a great source and helped my paper a lot.

Beetz, Kirk. "The Old Man and the Sea."Beacham's Guide Literature Young Adults. 2. 1990.

Kirk Beetz worked with Suzanne Niemeyer to create this article about one of Hemingway's greatest accomplishments. This article talked about "The Old Man and the Sea and how it was one of Hemingway's greatest books. This article was seperated into sections and paragraphs.  This was a great source to learn about how Hemingway wrote and what kind of writer he was.