HEMINGWAY

My subject today is Ernest Hemingway. I would like to look at two of his works – 'A Farewell to Arms' and 'The Old Man and the Sea' - and discuss whether or not these works are autobiographical.

Ernest Hemingway – Forty years after killing himself with a shotgun, he remains one of the most famous American writers. Many of his works are regarded as classics of American literature and some have been made into motion pictures. According to CNN.com, "He took Americans around the world with his new style of fiction, and he took fiction to new levels of pop culture status. More than a writer, he was a war hero, the war correspondent, the expatriate, the lion hunter, the marlin fisherman, the womanizer, the drinker, the overbearing ego, the tragic figure."

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Born in Oak Park, Illinois in 1899, Hemingway was educated at Oak Park High School. After graduating from high school in 1917, he became a reporter for the 'Kansas City Star' but he left his job......

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