Hemingways life away from paper

Ernest Hemingway, apart from his writing was a very unique man. He was very into the outdoor scene. Hemingway was an avid hunter and a fisher. He had a large collection of firearms as well, Hemingway was also married multiple times. even though he won the Nobel Prize for the Old Man and the Sea, Hemingway thought that that was his best form of writing, and that it could not get any better. Hemingway also knew how to fly aircraft. He has influenced many styles of art in the past and present with his work, also he has spawned many movies about himself. During his whole life, he created 10 novels. one was the famous Old Man and the Sea. Interestingly enough, Hemingway tried not to be too over Analytical, however, he called himself "papa". He gave himself this nickname because he felt that he was a great father figure to everybody.

Hemingway's death, misdiagnosed???

There are multiple people in the world who believe that Hemingway's death was something more then what people think it was. the widely accepted theory was that Hemingway killed himself with a shotgun, but was this really the case? There are people who go against this theory,  But the true cause of his death is in fact unknown, whether it was an accident, a suicide, or a prevalent genetic killer that caused toxic levels of iron to flood the body, ultimately inciting depression and agony. Experts still debate the reasons behind Hemingway's pulling of the trigger (Olson 1). This disease is called Hemochromatosis, this causes excessive amounts of internal damage, causing extreme pain. Some people believe that Hemingway fell victim to this, and killed himself to relieve the pain. This means that Hemingway had no intention before becoming a victim to the pain, shooting himself. this would also mean that this disease is responsible for the death, not suicide. Another explanation for his death is that he was cleaning his double barreled shotgun when the weapon fired accidentally. However, I own a double barrel shotgun and I do not see how this is the case, in order to clean a double barrel shotgun, you must have the gun "Broke open", this means it is physically impossible to fire the weapon, even by accident. if Hemingway was cleaning the barrel without the gun broke open, there would be no shell in the gun, as he would not have been able to completely clean the barrel with a shell loaded. Hemingway was an avid shooter and outdoorsman, he would of had at least the common sense to know this. However, I do believe that the disease is what really killed him, he actually was diagnosed with this disease before his death. I believe that the disease caught up to him and the pain was too much for Hemingway to handle.

A Clean, Well Lighted Place.

Another Story that I liked was A Clean, Well Lighted Place. I thought this story was particularly interesting because, even though Hemingway ststes that this story has no relationship with his own personal life, the story seems to match up perfectly. The story is about an old man who's in a bar. This old man is very depressed so he stays at this bar because he has no where else to go. at the time this was written, Hemingway was going through his own depression and drinking stag, and still he says that there is no influence of his personal life into this story, but this cant be just a coincidence. In the story, the workers at the bar end up having to tell the old man to leave because he just would leave without them saying anything. this relates to Hemmingway's own life because, he is stuck in this depression and he can not get out of it. I really like this story because of the fact that this story has so many obvious similarities with Hemmingway's life, but he still says that there is no influence from his life that went into the story itself. I find this very interesting. 

The Old Man and the Sea

This novel that Hemingway wrote I really enjoyed, I have read this novel in high school. When I asked my friend how this book was and he replied with "Its very boring" I thought I would hate it, and boy  was I wrong.  This is about an old fisherman who has not caught anything for the past three months, but he decides to go out to see one last time. On this last trip, he encounters the greatest marlin of all time, and he is determined to redeem himself and to catch this fish. The fish, however, does not goo down without fighting first. Santiago (the old man) is struggling with the fish for three days straight, as the fish slowly pulls him. When the fish finally tires out, Santiago is finally able to kill and catch him. On his way back to land however, a group of sharks surrounds the fish and Santiago. The sharks are there to eat the fish Santiago has tied up on the side of his boat. Santiago tries to fight them off, but its to no effect, there is simply too many sharks for him to fight at once. The sharks eventually destroy Santiago's fish and all Santiago is left with is the skeleton. This really made me feel bad for Poor old Santiago, and this is why I liked this so much.

 

Hemingway, an overview

I have decided to do my blog assignment on Ernest Hemingway. I  have always liked his style of writing and his life is a lot like mine. We both are a huge fan of the outdoors, and we both love guns, he also liked fishing and so do I, he also found war interesting, and I do as well. Ernest Hemingway was born in Oak Park, Illinois, started his career as a writer in a newspaper office in Kansas City at the age of seventeen (Nobelprize 1). During World War 1, Hemingway served as an ambulance driver in the Italian army. during his service, he was hit by a mortar round and severely wounded. so severely, he had to return to the United States. Hemingway liked to portray soldier, hunters, and bullfighters(Nobelprize 1) in his works. Hemingway committed suicide in Idaho In 1961, after a long fight against depression.