... the world of literature. As explored in an essay by Zoe Trodd, Hemingway's propensity for brevity was developed out of a sense that war had 'used up his words'. This was reinforced when a snippet of a retyped Henry James quote was found among the pages of his unfinished manuscript of "A Farewell to Arms." On the snippet, Hemingway prefaced the James quote "The war has used up ... the war and the wounding - would deeply affect the themes and direction of his future work. Impotence, masculinity, helplessness and lost youth are all prevailing themes in Hemingway's writings. In A Farewell t...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... researches into the lost generation. They are essentially the portrayal of a hero, the man who by force of some extraordinary quality sets the standards for those around him. Hemingway has always kept four subjects in his mind when writing. These four subjects which have always fascinated Hemingway are fishing, ... from the chapter, "The Doctor and the Doctor's wife" from, In Our Time, show how Hemingway's struggling relationship with both parents was a struggle for him to choose between his mother with music, or his father with fishing and hunting. (Baker, p.29) In the novel of, In Our ...

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• Grade Level: High School

... name more widely. His international reputation was firmly secured by his next three books: Fiesta (The Sun Also Rises), Men Without Women and A Farewell to Arms. He was passionately involved with bullfighting, big game hunting and deep-sea fishing, and his writing reflected this. He visited Spain during the ... Civil War and described his experiences in the bestseller, For Whom the Bell Tolls. His direct and deceptively simple style of writing spawned generations of imitators, but no equals. Recognition of his position ... since it was published. As the enduring interest in the text mig...

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• Grade Level: High School