Ernest Hemmingway

Early on the morning of July 21, 1899, Ernest Miller Hemingway was born and from then on would lead a very successful life. Born in Oak Park, Illinois as the second child of six to Dr. Clarence and Grace Hall Hemingway. (www.lostgeneration.com)-(1) Oak Park was a very wealthy, upper-class area in which Hemingway would call a place of “wide lawns and narrow minds.” (www.lostgeneration.com)-(1) Hemingway was raised to believe in the morals of “strong religion, hard work, physical fitness, and self-determination,” (www.lostgeneration.com)-(1) and if these morals were achieved, you would live the life you choose. While growing up, his parents were a big part of his life. His father taught him to hunt and fish, and his mother taught him about music (although he had no desire for it). (www.lostgeneration.com)-(1) Hemingway received his schooling in the Oak Park Public School System where he

As you can now see, although Hemingway lived a very hectic life, he was still a very accomplished gentleman. I cannot think of any other author that I have ever heard of who did as much and was respected as much as Hemingway. Before I started this

this story, the main character, Harold Krebs, has just come back form World War I in Germany. Harold came back two years later that the other guys in his town because he liked the freedom in which he had over there. When he did come back, noone wanted to hear his war stories because everyone had heard them before. Now, as he comes back, all his friends in town had gotten jobs and gotten married, but Harold decides this is not the life for him. He wants a girlfriend, but he does not feel like going to talk to them. Instead, he decides to be a bum and just stroll around and play pool. Many things have changed for Harold since the war. His parents are now treating him differently and he has a different outlook on life. His parents said he could take the car out, which is something they never let him do before. Harold has no kind of relationship with his father and the relationship he has with his mother is her trying to pressure him into getting a job and settling down. Harold is really just a weird guy. He came make up his mind. When his sister comes down, they have a really weird conversation about loving each other so much and about her playing softball, but when his mom says, “Harold, do you love me?” he replies by telling her that he does not love anyone. It makes no sense.

After that happens, he goes to watch his sister play softball and the story just drops and ends there, which I think, is really weird.

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