It was the brief, understated style of a newspaper man. ... Bernard Bereson summarized brilliantly what it is about Hemingway's prose that makes it so powerful when he provided a blurb for The Old Man and the Sea at Hemingway's prompting. (The Old Man and the Sea is) communicated in prose as calm and compelling as Homer's verse. ... (Fishkin 140-141) It was not just an attention to detail and a talent for brevity that Hemingway learned from his time as a newspaper man, it was an entire theory of literature. ...

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Ernest Hemingway is one of the most recognized writers in literature and has received numerous prizes for his works such as the Nobel Prize for his astounding contribution to literature, the Pulitzer Prize for his world renowned book "The Old Man and the Sea" and the Award for Merit from Academy of Arts & Letters (Baker). ... In my opinion Hemingway was a man above them all. ... (Gurko) Ernest Hemingway is a very controversial writer due to the themes of violence, despair and emotional unrest found in his stories. ...

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