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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• Grade Level: High School

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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• Grade Level: High School

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....

• Word Count: 1908
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

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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However, his theme is not one of searching for the "American Dream." His theme addresses what happens when the "American Dream" lands on you. ... It was during this dark time period that he began abusing alcohol. ... In 2007 he published a young adult novel, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. ... After completing "The Lone Ranger and Tonto: Fistfight in Heaven," it is obvious to me that Sherman Alexie is as Bob Hirshon so aptly put it, "one of the major lyric voices of our time" (Alexie, p xiii). ...

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• Grade Level: High School

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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• Grade Level: High School

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. ...

• Word Count: 2465
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School