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Hemingway, Ernest (2003) [1932]. Death in the Afternoon (1st Scribner
trade pbk. ed.). New York, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/dwilsoneng1102-130304150730-phpapp02/85/Dwilson-eng-1102-11-320.jpg)
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- 1. By Daphney Wilson Course:1102 English Instructor: Ms. Owen
- 2. Ernest Hemingway And His Works
- 3. About Ernest Hemingway * He was born in Oak Park, Illinois on July 21, 1899 . * He wrote on his High School Paper. * Became a Journalist after High School. *Was in World War I and received the Silver Metal of Military Valor. * Was a Journalist in the Spanish Civil War and in World War II. * He married four times and had three children. * When he wasn't writing, Hemingway spent much of his time chasing adventure such as big-game hunting in Africa, bullfighting in Spain and deep-sea fishing in Florida. * He suffered from depression and alcoholism * He committed suicide July 2nd, 1961.
- 4. Writing Style * Ernest Hemingway was one of the twentieth century most important and influential writers. * Numerous influences from various people and events from his personal life had a strong effect on his writing. He drew heavily on his these experiences for his writing. * Ernest Hemingways writing is among the most recognizable and influential prose of the twentieth century. * Hemingways technique is uncomplicated with plain grammar and easily accessible language. It is a simple style and straight forward. * Hemingway's writing style abstains from using adjectives as much as possible and is considered a master of dialogue. The words that he uses in his stories is a unique formula, a stylistic formula that no other writer has been able to recreate.
- 5. Hemingways Theory of Omission Ernest Hemingway Ice burg Principle If a writer of prose knows Ernest Hemingway's theory of enough about what he is omission is widely referred to as the "iceberg principle." He writing about he may omit explains this principle in chapter things that he knows and the 16 of his 1932 book, Death in the reader, if the writer is writing Afternoon. Essentially, the truly enough, will have a principle states that by omitting feeling of those things as certain parts of a story, a writer actually strengthens that story. strongly as though the writer The writer must be conscious of had stated them. The dignity these omissions and be writing of movement of an iceberg is true enough in order for the due to only one-eighth of it reader to sense the omitted parts. When the reader senses being above water. Ernest the omitted parts, a greater Hemingway perception and understanding for the story can be achieved.
- 6. Inspiration Ernest Hemingway learned a great deal as a cub reporter for the Kansas City Star. Throughout his lifetime he used the guidance of the Star's style guide as a foundation for his writing style: "Use short sentences. Use short first paragraphs. Use vigorous English.
- 7. He won the Nobel Prize in literature in 1954 Novels short stories and non fiction written by Ernest Hemingway The Torrents of Spring (1925) The Sun Also Rises (1926) A Farewell to Arms (1929) To Have and Have Not(1937) For Whom the Bell Tolls (1940) Across the River and Into the Trees (1950) The Old Man and the Sea (1952) Adventures of a Young Man (1962) Islands in the Stream (1970) The Garden of Eden (1986) The novel The Old Man and the Sea won the Nobel prize.
- 8. Short Stories and Non fiction Short Story Collections Nonfiction Three Stories and Ten Poems Death in the Afternoon (1932) (1923) Green Hills of Africa (1935) In Our Time (1925) The Dangerous Summer Men Without Women (1927) (1960) The Snows of Kilimanjaro A Moveable Feast (1964) (1932) Winner Take Nothing (1933) The Fifth Column and the First Forty-Nine Stories (1938) The Essential Hemingway (1947) The Hemingway Reader (1953) The Nick Adams Stories (1972)
- 9. Many of his books dealt with good versus evil Such as War, hostile tribes or the conflicts of overcoming war. The author is able to convey a realistic aspect due to his life experiences. He shows how one adapts and overcomes the ugly, evil side of man.
- 10. In his own words "From things that have happened and from things as they exist and from all things that you know and all those you cannot know, you make something through your invention that is not a representation but a whole new thing truer than anything true and alive, and you make it alive, and if you make it well enough, you give it immortality. Ernest Hemingway
- 11. Works Cited Internet sources http://grammar.about.com/b/2011/08/22/revision-strategies- hemingways-iceberg-theory.htm web 03/03/2013 http://www.hemingwaysociety.org/ http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Writing-Style-of-Hemingway&id=70613 web 03/03/2013 http://www.neabigread.org/books/farewelltoarms/teachers/hemingw ay_handout03.pdf web 03/03/2013 http://www.biography.com/people/ernest-hemingway-9334498 web 03/03/2013 http://sunalsorises.wordpress.com/2010/06/05/hemingways-iceberg- theory/ web 03/03/2013 Books Hemingway, Ernest (2003) [1932]. Death in the Afternoon (1st Scribner trade pbk. ed.). New York, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.