Earnest Hemingway's final novel was The Old Man in the Sea, which he wrote in 1950. The main character, Santiago is an old, lonely, unhappy man, which may have depicted Hemingway in his old age. ... The theme of The Old Man and the Sea is, "A man can be destroyed, but he cannot be defeated"(Oliver 83). ... Critics liked The Old Man and the Sea and printed the "novella" in Life Magazine. ... Ernest Hemingway was an extraordinary man who had an unbelievable ability to write. ...

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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 a rugged man in the true sense, and his writings show this. ... Hemingway was known as an "expert in the areas of war, bullfighting, deep-sea fishing, boxing, big-game hunting, and reckless, extravagant living--experiences that he often recounted in his fiction" (Shaffer 1). ... She instead left him for an older man very abruptly. ... These men, Jake Barnes, Fredric Henry, and ...

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• Grade Level: High School

On the date of July 21, 1899 Ernest Hemingway, a now known brilliant writer, was born. ... He surprised many of the critics when the novel, The Old Man and the Sea, was published.. ... Two years later he received the Nobel Prize for his "powerful, style-making mastery of the art or modern narration- (Griffin 1) for The Old Man and the Sea. ... Santiago from "The Old Man and the Sea- is a hero because he was courageous and was not afraid of death. ... Most of the source material for The Old Man and the Sea comes from Hemingway's own experiences fishing off the coast of Cuba. ...

• Word Count: 3440
• Approx Pages: 14
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Ernest Hemingway was the most widely known American author of his generation, and perhaps of all time. ... The Old Man from "The Old Man and the Sea" is another hero that follows these rules. ... The following quote from the "Old Man and the Sea" exemplifies the type of personality that a conservative America idolized. ... " - The Old Man Hemingway did not just limit heroes to fiction. In "The Old Man and the Sea," he equates the "Old Man" to Joe DiMaggio, who, at that time, was playing valiantly through a bad bone spur in his heel. ...

• Word Count: 840
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School