He also worked as a war reporter in the Spanish Civil War and the WWII.
He is a tough guy with rather masculine manner. In all his life, he loved tough games, such as boxing, hunting, deepsea fishing, bullfight and so on. He was injured many times. In all the operations, 237 steel fragments were taken out from Hemingway’s body. He also suffered 3 car accidents and 2 air crushes. He was admired as a hero by lots of people and his life style was imitated.
Common theme of his novels: “grace under pressure”
enter university. He chose to be a reporter. During the WWI, he wanted to join the army but was refused because of
his poor eyesight. Then Hemingway came to Italy to work as an ambulance driver. He was seriously wounded in the battlefield. The nightmarish war experience changed his life.
(9)In 1961, Hemingway shot himself with gun in his home.
Works (also see reference to the handout)
(1)“The Sun Also Rises” 1926 (Deep illusion of the whole generation after the WWI; the characters indulged themselves in depraved life to make themselves numb)
mother: music teacher a happy childhood; a lover of brutal sports, such as boxing and football
in middle school Though his father hoped him to be a physician, Hemingway refused to
Life
After the war, he still worked as a reporter. He was sent to Paris and knew Pound, Gertrude Stein, Sherwood Anderson and some other famous writers who encouraged him to write.
(2)“A Farewell to Arms” 1928 (a tragic story about war and love) (Hero and heroine: Frederic Henry and Catherine Barkley)
(3)“For Whom the Bell Tolls” 1940 (Spanish civil war) (also a story about war and love) (the title of the novel: from John Donne’s sermons )
Santiago – mankind; sea – nature and environment; marlin – purpose of life; shark – the evil force which control human’s fate
theme: the importance of life lies in the process of searching and resistance
Works (also see reference to the handout)
(4)"The Old Man and the Sea” 1952 (In 1954, Hemingway got the Nobel Prize)
a quite special novel in all his novels symห้องสมุดไป่ตู้olism
FCroomnHecmluingswiaoy’ns novels a clear developing process can be found. From the lost state at the beginning, he gradually found out the significance of life and the principles human should hold in a meaningless world. “The Old Man and the Sea” can be taken as a conclusion of his ideas.
Ernest Hemingway
1899 -1961
Life
born in a small town called Oak Park in Illinois near Chicago father: a successful physician, middle class, love fishing and hunting;