My Final Paper for AP Lit
How did Ernest Hemingway’s involvement in World War I and the Spanish Civil War affect his writing style?
Ernest Hemingway is the greatest author of all time. He writes in a simple manner, utilizing the concept of “less is more”. He is a brilliant writer and a really accurate fisherman. Evidenced in The Old Man and The Sea, we learn how good of a fisherman he is. Though consistently coming up short and not catching a fish, in the end he catches a fish that is very large [2].
The Old Man and the Sea is the best written book that I have ever read. It is a simple narrative of a fisherman in Cuba and I love the fact that the story itself serves as a skeleton, up for many interpretations.
My favorite book, different from the best book that I have read, is Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson. I love this book because it is exciting and I really like pirates. I think that their savage behavior is so interesting to read about, and throughout the novel, I cheered on Jim Hawkins and Captain Flint, who devote their lives to finding Billy Bones’ treasure. This book has been so influential on me that I plan on getting a line from the book: “Billy Bones His Fancy” tattooed on my body. This book is similar to The Old Man and the Sea because both take place on boats for long periods of time.
Another book and short story, respectively, by Ernest Hemingway are For Whom the Bell Tolls and The Big Two-Hearted River. They are stories about war. I really enjoyed For Whom the Bell Tolls, but did not enjoy The Big Two-Hearted River, which was a little too simple and matter-of-fact, which is strange because it was much more autobiographical than For Whom the Bell Tolls.
In conclusion, war truly affected Ernest Hemingway and led to his simple writing style, complimenting Tim O’Brien’s philosophy of the impossibility of writing a true war novel [14]. I love Ernest Hemingway and am sad he shot himself.
Ms. Hill. I apologize for not putting forth the most effort into this research paper. In actuality, I did a lot of research and outlined it in rather great detail. I was truly excited to write about one of my favorite authors, although I became wrapped up in the end of the year and took the quitter’s approach. I am very disappointed in myself, although, honestly was overwhelmed with the task of a 10 page paper to write in a week, the week of our graduation to be more specific. I apologize and I hope we can still be friends. I love you and hope we can go to Moe’s. I will pay the first time for us both, out of shame for this assignment, or lack thereof, but after that we will go Dutch; that is a very strange phrase.
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