1. Ernest Hemingway

2.  Autobiographical  Many of his characters reflect his experiences  Loved to hunt, fish, box, and write  Wrote for the Kansas City Star  Wanted to enlist in WWI but an eye injury prevented it

3.  Drove an ambulance in Italy  After 6 weeks, severely injured  Recuperated in Milan  Met a nurse and fell in love  She wrote “Dear John” letter  A FAREWELL TO ARMS-novel about this

4. expatriate  “Lost generation”  Disillusioned with America  THE SUN ALSO RISES reflect these experiences

5. A “man’s man”  Big drinker but not a sloppy drunk like Fitzgerald  Loved to hunt, fish, and ski  War correspondent

6. Suicide  Father, sister and brother committed suicide  Mother sent gun with which his father killed himself  Suicide pact with son that he would not commit suicide  Killed himself July 2, 1961

7. Style  Goal: write “a true, simple declarative sentence”  Short, choppy newspaper style  War correspondent

8. Characters  Often wounded both physically and psychologically  Reflect his life: car and plane crashes, shooting accidents, fires

9. THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA  Pulitzer Prize  Code Hero: Stoicism, grace under pressure