Review Of Ernest Hemingway And Writings

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Cross ambulance driver in Italy. In July of 1918 while
serving along the Piave River, he was severely wounded by shrapnel and
forced to return home after recuperation in January 1919. The war had left
him emotionally and physically shaken, and according to some critics he
began as a result "a quest for psychological and artistic freedom that was
to lead him first to the secluded woods of Northern Michigan, where he had
spent his most pleasant childhood moments, and then to Europe, where his
literary talents began to take shape." (CLC, 177) First he took a part-time
job as a feature writer for the Toronto Star, eager to further pursue his
journalistic ambitions. In the fall of 1920 he became the contributing
editor of a trade journal, which took him to Chicago. It was there that he
met his first wife, Hadley Richardson. They were married in September 1921.
In December of that year they went to France and for a 19 month strech
Ernest travled over Europe and Anatolia as a foreign ...

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such as "Indian Camp" and "The Three-Day
Blow" show a young Nick to be an impressionable adolescent trying to find
his path in a brutally violent and overwhelmingly confusing world. Like
most all of Hemingway's main characters, Nick on the surface appears tough
and insensitive. However, "critical exploration has resulted in a
widespread conclusion that the toughness stems not from insensitivity but
from a strict moral code which functions as the characters' sole defense
against the overwhelming chaos of the world." (CLC, 177) Not just Nick
Adams' experiences, but his attitudes as well seem to mimic those of his
creator. Ernest's 1924-25 adventures in Paris and Pamplona were the ...

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