... would stretch throughout his life. In the years to follow he was divorced from three wives Hadley Richardson, Pauline Pfeiffer, and Martha Gellhorn. After which he spent much time in Spain, Africa, and Florida. He consumed his days with game hunting, deep-sea fishing, and becoming a connoisseur of bull fighting. Subsequently he involved himself in the Loyalist side of the Spanish Civil World War ... . He often portrayed war, sports, drinking, and traveling in his works, which were also themes in his personal life. Hemingway created many highly acclaimed works such as The Sun Also Rises (...

• Word Count: 586
• Approx Pages: 2
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... finding a normal life after war. Hemingway relates his own psychological wounds to Jake's physical wounds. The main theme of this novel is war disrupts life and that time period is a lost generation. The Sun Also Rises is "Probably Hemingway's best-known novel, certainly the one on which much of his ... expressed his own unhappiness in the Haves. Hemingway had money, yet he was never happy or happily married. Though some say that Hemingway's works after 1936 weren't as good, To Have and Have Not was still a well-written book. Hemingway's next novel, written in 1940, was For Whom the Bell...

• Word Count: 1080
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... greatest moments in the bull- ring. He was not sure that there were any great moments"(219). This contrast suggests the cycle of life and death. Good bull- fighters come and go. Just as Romero is in his prime, someday he too will be an older bullfighter, unable to move with the same grace he ... had in his youth. This cycle of life and death can be seen on a much larger scale by looking at the ex-patriots. The ex-patriots are members of the post- World War I generation that ... is sometimes referred to as the "Lost Generation". They went through the horrors of war and depression in the...

• Word Count: 770
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... Wharton 4) The descendants of an aristocratic family were taught "the mannerisms and rituals expected of well bred young women [and men] in those days. (Shidler 1) Edith Wharton, creator of Newland Archer and writer of The Age of Innocence, was also an aristocrat. Wharton ... expressed her life as an aristocrat from New York in this novel. Aristocrats such as Newland Archer and Edith Wharton are very well educated and deal with a very busy schedule around many people and ... competition. (Angell 1) Newland Archer, a Victorian Man, would have represented that era in a great way because he...

• Word Count: 487
• Approx Pages: 2
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... can be defined as, "literature of any language in a period notable for the excellence and enduring quality of its writers' works." This is true, most literature holds lasting recognition either from critics and/or other people who are in a position to be able to influence such decisions. It must ... Hemingway uses elements of symbolism throughout the novel. For example, the big fish that the old man spent eighty-seven days trying to catch represents beauty, strength, and the battle everyone eventually faces at some time in their life. This one of the many examples of how an author ... if...

• Word Count: 898
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography