Hemingway's style was influenced by his years as a newspaper reporter, both before and after World War I. ... (Bloom 209) However, Trodd notes that "Long before this, Hemingway's limited vocabulary, few adjectives, and concrete descriptions of specific objects all countered with minimalism the problem of "used up words." ... He absorbed the objective, fact-based writing style of the newspaper article and made it his own, applying the lessons from the Kansas City Star's style guide to all of his subsequent work. "It was at the Star that Hemingway learned the lessons of style a...

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