For Ernest Hemingway, writing was a ritual which confronted human inadequacy. ... The Hemingway man believes that life is everything and death is nothing. ... The Hemingway man does not want to die, but he is not afraid of dying. ... While deep-sea fishing one summer in Cuba, Hemingway spoke of the immense pleasure he took in "being on the sea, in the unknown wild suddenness of a great fish; in his life and death which he lives for you in an hour while your strength is harnessed to his; and there is satisfaction in conquering that which rules the sea . . ."" ... There were still dangers inv...

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