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). ... Hemingway suffered from episodes of extreme depression and paranoid behavior. ... His writing often reflects one of his beliefs that an "author should put the reader 'in' the action rather than tell him or her how to feel about it, a lesson many writers have since heeded" (Quote of the Day). ... Hemingway's nurse did not die, though. ... Gurko adds, "Hemingway's stories are as much a demonstration of the lesson as they a...

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But I will kill you dead before this day ends," (54). ... The words he uses in the sentence ar different from most of the sentences in this book. ... Santiago is a fighter to say the least he will do anything to stop him from suffering. ... In this quote Hemingway wants the reader to imagine what he thinks is going through Santiago's head during a time like this. ... There are several valuable lessons from this book that will make a person better. ...

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Hemingway never had a knack for music and suffered through choir practices and cello lessons, however the musical knowledge he acquired from his mother helped him share in his first wife Hadley's interest in the piano (1). ... Hemingway died July 2, 1961, at his home, as the result of self-inflicted gunshot wounds. ... This quote is referring to Hemingway's strong and complex style of writing. ... Other themes found under the umbrella of impotence are: lack of family, rootlessness, nihilism, and alienation, being from somewhere else and being cut off from the past. ......

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