One of Ernest Hemingway's most consistent, defining themes is humanity's struggle with darkness; primarily the darkness that is seated in the depths of our souls, rather than the darkness in the world around us. ... This phrase and those that follow as Hemingway shamelessly rewrites the Lords Prayer combine seamlessly with Hemingway's subtly deep and very human characters, simple crisp diction, and quiet setting of a café in post World War I Spain to create the sorrowful despairing tone that so easily displays the overrunning theme of man's struggle to escape the cr...

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Not only did Hemingway's writing entertain many readers during this time period; it also won him a Nobel Prize. One of his most famous novels, In Our Time, portrays how his writing was effective and how he was an export with the use of rhetoric. ... This strategy can be seen in Hemingway's In Our Time by the way that he wrote to the point, but also purposefully. ... Hemingway's writing in In Our Time is very truthful because he tended to write stories that developed around his own personal experiences. ... "The Way It Was" states, "No other writer of our time had ...

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Composition 1023 "Ernest Hemingway: How His Novels Tell of His Real Life Story" Ernest Hemingway, who was born in Oak Park, Illinois in 1899, was legend in his own time, and is now a legend in our time. ... Hemingway was fascinated with war, and it graced his works many a time. War was one of Hemingway's most common themes. ... The next year, and on July 2, 1961, Hemingway took his own life, something which his father had also decided to do some time before (Quote of the Day). ... The Sun Also Rises, one of Hemingway's most celebrated novels, shows why Hemingway stood out among th...

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In my opinion Hemingway was a man above them all. I will now follow on with the positive criticism of Ernest Hemingway. "One of the great writers of our time ... who, honestly and undauntedly, reproduces the genuine features of the hard countenance of the age." ... Burhans wrote this of Hemingway's style" The famous and extraordinarily eloquent concreteness of Hemingway's style is inimitable precisely because it is not primarily stylistic: the how of Hemingway's style is the what of his characteristic vision."... (Gurko) Ernest Hemingway is a very controversial writer du...

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Hemingway, being caught in the middle of the Lost Generation, focuses his writings around the events that occur during this time. ... Our lips were tight together and them she turned away and pressed against the corner of the seat, as far away as she could get. ... He had whored the whole time and then, when that was over, and he had failed to kill his loneliness, but only made it worse, he had written her, the first one, that one who left him, a letter telling her how he had never been about to kill it-(Hemingway 15). He remembers a time where he tried to fill a hole in his life with sex....

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The term embraces Hemingway, F. ... I found Ernest Hemingway writing fascinating. ... His story collection, In Our Time, 1925 was followed by the novel The Sun Also Rises 1926. ... The storyline is easy enough for a child to follow and the themes are clear and basic, showing manly courage, endurance, and noble suffering. ... One time, a match lasted for more than twenty-four hours, and even though his hands were bleeding, he refused to give up. ...

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While a soldier, he befriended Ernest Hemingway, which helped to launch his writing career. ... This gives us our first clue of Holden's cynical nature and gives us a small glimpse into his mind. ... Throughout the novel, there were a number of themes demonstrated. The major theme is portrayed through the feelings of vulnerability Holden feels after losing his younger brother Allie. ... The second theme deals with Holden's view on innocence. ...

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His influence has been considerable on such writers as Ernest Hemingway, Jack Kerouac, and Robert Ruark. ... Summary "The Sea-Wolf was written in six months and was started May 5, 1903 on a mossy shelf down the slope from Wake Robin Lodge on the bank of Graham Creek during the time of Jack's break-up with Bessie. ... Jack London uses Van Weyden's ordeal at the hands of a devious crew to explore powerful themes of ambition, courage and the innate will to survive. ...

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