tell you about a young man named Ernest Hemingway, who lives in Paris (an

American)... I'd look him up right away. He's the real thing.' This is perhaps the most

prophetic statement Fitzgerald ever made in his lifetime, because Ernest Hemingway was

indeed 'the real thing'. Only months after that letter was written, Hemingway's first book

of short stories, In Our Time, was published, and so began the career of one of America's

greatest literary heroes. The works that followed stunned audiences around the world

with the clear, concise language that was used, and the elaborate details that allowed

millions of people an in depth look into the life of an amazingly interesting man.

However, the perfection achieved in his literature was always out of reach to the man

himself. But Hemingway was able to use his real life tragedies and make them into

timeless masterpieces. That is why to this day it can be said that Ernest Hemingway is

the most influential American writer of all time (Turnbull, 167).

Born in Oak Park, Illinois on July 21, 1899, Hemingway was raised to appreciate

written and brought an age old culture to light in America, bullfighting in Spanish culture.

Sands, Garret. The Life and Times of Ernest Hemingway. San Francisco, CA. Eliot

information has been disputed (much due to the fact that Ernest was known for his

book shows his unwillingness to expose any kind of weakness in his characters, because

Hemingway arrived in Paris in 1923, and became part of a circle of writers which

seen today. It was there, after reporting on World War II, that he completed Over the

personality was the kind that very few people would stand up and say something to. For

returned to Illinois, he would give speeches at the public library recounting his adventures

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