Throughout the month, I have gained a lot of knowledge
pertaining to the writer Ernest Hemingway. Prior to reading the Complete Short
Stories of Ernest Hemingway, I knew very little about his life and his
perspective on life. Now, having some information pertaining to his life, I as
a reader can now see why a lot of Hemingway's work has a nostalgic, sad, and
empathetic tone to it. Hemingway faced a lot of having to find himself within
his life. For starters, Hemingway from a very young age was dressed up as a
female, and his mother was very harsh and controlling, which can tell a reader
a lot about why he had a certain perspective on women in his writing. Also,
Hemingway had a relationship with an older nurse whilst at war, and the nurse
ended up calling it off with Hemingway once he returned home. This experience
helped bring forth short stories such as, Farewell to Arms, and, A Very Short
Story. Both are stories are about a soldiers first true love. This also helps
tell the audience that Hemingway wasn't at all afraid to share his own personal
life experiences within his writings. Hemingway as a person wasn't at all
perfect, but no one is. One of the most flabbergasting things to me about
Hemingway's life, were his multiple marriages. He was married 5 times; all due
to the fact of not wanting to be with one woman, which is degrading in a sense.
A lot of Hemingway's work was centered on this idea of death, highly due to the
fact that he has experienced a lot of death in his life, from his mother dying to
his father’s suicide. Hemingway was an amazing writer and story teller, but had
a lot of inner problems that ended up overall affecting his life. Overall, I
appreciate his brilliance and applaud his skills.
