Ernest Hemingway's Accomplishments
“The world breaks everyone, and afterward, many are strong at the broken places.” The world had broken Ernest Hemingway, time and time again, but the man continued to rebuild himself. He became the literary genius we know him as after he had been beaten down by the cruel world he so loved to write about. Ernest Hemingway lived a full life with a bright childhood, influential women, inspirations, a collection of successful novels, and a constantly-growing legacy. It was 1929 when the Stock Market crashed, and after that, the Depression began. Many Americans were left unemployed and homeless. With what little jobs were offered during this time, pay was low. A paycheck was not enough to feed a family. The Dustbowl eliminated the growth of crops
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He wrote many poems and short stories before releasing his first novel. The Torrents of Spring was the first novel Hemingway published; it was not received well. The characters in Hemingway’s novels commonly depicted those who did the jobs that made you altruistic. These people often had hardships but overcame them gallantly. Hemingway often based his characters off events he had either been involved or witnessed. With these experiences, he was able to create more complex characters (Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia n.p.). The first novel that Hemingway published in 1926 that was well acclaimed was The Sun Also Rises which the passionate author wrote in six weeks. This novel was about travelers who were looking to attend a bullfighting festival. For Whom the Bell Tolls was based on his time during the Spanish Civil War. It was published in 1940 and is considered one of his most famous works. In For Whom the Bell Tolls, the main character has a mission to blow up a bridge, but along the way, he finds love. “Agnes would reemerge, years later, as the adoring, submissive, and doomed Catherine Barkley in A Farewell to Arms” (Harmon n.p.). A Farewell to Arms was published in 1929 and was based on Hemingway’s experience while fighting the war. While fighting in the Italian infantry, he met a woman named Agnes who was a nurse. Hemingway fell in love with the nurse while he was in the hospital, healing from a wound received on the battlefield. Ernest eventually proposed to Agnes, who turned him down and forever changed his view on women. Death in the Afternoon was released in 1932 to be met with scrutiny. Friends of his, including his inspirations, such as Gertrude Stein, claimed his work was unoriginal. Hemingway, like many times before, developed an infatuation for a young girl who was 19 when he was around 50. He knew that she would never marry him, though the wishful man always had hoped
He wrote many poems and short stories before releasing his first novel. The Torrents of Spring was the first novel Hemingway published; it was not received well. The characters in Hemingway’s novels commonly depicted those who did the jobs that made you altruistic. These people often had hardships but overcame them gallantly. Hemingway often based his characters off events he had either been involved or witnessed. With these experiences, he was able to create more complex characters (Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia n.p.). The first novel that Hemingway published in 1926 that was well acclaimed was The Sun Also Rises which the passionate author wrote in six weeks. This novel was about travelers who were looking to attend a bullfighting festival. For Whom the Bell Tolls was based on his time during the Spanish Civil War. It was published in 1940 and is considered one of his most famous works. In For Whom the Bell Tolls, the main character has a mission to blow up a bridge, but along the way, he finds love. “Agnes would reemerge, years later, as the adoring, submissive, and doomed Catherine Barkley in A Farewell to Arms” (Harmon n.p.). A Farewell to Arms was published in 1929 and was based on Hemingway’s experience while fighting the war. While fighting in the Italian infantry, he met a woman named Agnes who was a nurse. Hemingway fell in love with the nurse while he was in the hospital, healing from a wound received on the battlefield. Ernest eventually proposed to Agnes, who turned him down and forever changed his view on women. Death in the Afternoon was released in 1932 to be met with scrutiny. Friends of his, including his inspirations, such as Gertrude Stein, claimed his work was unoriginal. Hemingway, like many times before, developed an infatuation for a young girl who was 19 when he was around 50. He knew that she would never marry him, though the wishful man always had hoped