Ernest Hemingway By CJ LoConte

Background Born on July 21, 1899 in Oak Park, Illinois Grew a big outdoorsman and journalist for newspapers Served as an ambulance driver in WWI and war journalist in the Spanish Civil War and WWII - Huge influence on his writing Married four times Committed suicide on July 2, 1961

Famous Works The Sun Also Rises (1926) A Farewell To Arms (1929) Death in the Afternoon (1932) The Old Man and the Sea (1952) The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway (1987)

Hemingway Code Hero

Code Hero Traits Death with dignity Never showing emotion Individualism Courage and Bravery Admitting to "Nada"

Death with Dignity Know they are going to die, but face it head-on. Santiago in The Old Man and the Sea Death in the Afternoon - Bull and the matador

No Emotion Shows a weakness Frederic Henry - A Farewell to Arms - does not talk of the war, patriotism, heroism, or faith. Jake Barnes - The Sun Also Rises -Injured in WWI does not talk about his injury or consequences of it.

Individualism Never allows something to tie them down to prevent acts of adventure. Santiago does not fish with other men, just himself Do not let women in the world tie them down - Jake Barnes and Frederic Henry eventually fall in love, but do not let themselves lose adventure

Courage and Bravery Where the man proves his worth, describes the conduct of the code hero. o Grace under pressure. Bullfighters - Death in the Afternoon War Veterans - Frederic Henry and Jake Barnes Santiago courage over the sea and its predators

Nada Nothing, represents meaningless o A common theme in Hemingway's works where the hero would believe in nothing and no afterlife. Displayed by a fear of the night. "A Clean, Well Lighted Place" - Short story the term "nada" is used to describe the nothingness of the world.

Works Cited Hemingway, Ernest. The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway. New York:Charles Scribner's Son, Print Death in the Afternoon. New York: Charles Scribners Son, Print A Farewell to Arms. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, N. pag. Print The Old Man and the Sea. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, Print The Sun Also Rises. New York: Scribner's, Print. "The Hero of the Code." TIME 6 July 1999: n. pag. TIME Magazine. Web. 18 Mar Kramer, Victor A. "American Novel: Ernest Hemingway." PBS. Thirteen/WNET New York, Mar Web. 18 Mar