Ernest Hemingway was a great author of American literature. Born on July 21, 1899, he wrote stories that reflected on his life. He lived in Oak Park, Illinois where his father Clarence Edmonds Hemingway was a physician. In 1917 Ernest Hemingway graduated from high school. Soon after he got a job as a reporter for the Kansas City Star. A few months after getting the job he was sent to Italy. He was sent to be an ambulance driver in World War I. In 1919, he married a childhood sweetheart, Hadley Richardson. They divorced in 1926 with a son. Richardson would be one of the many wives Hemingway would have. During his life, Hemingway's stories touched the lives of many people. His writing was different from than any other authors, because it reflected upon his life. An example of this would be Hemingway's To Have and Have Not, about his experience in World War I. .

             Hemingway's treatment of the war is shown by how an American man has dishonored his country. The main character is Harry Morgan. He is also the narrator. Harry is from Key West, Florida and is escaping being sent to war. As the story starts off, Harry is in Havana, Cuba.

             As he is strolling to a cafe for a drink, he runs into a bum out in the street. "But as we got into the cafe and sat down, there were three of them waiting for us." (Hemingway 3) The three men are Cuban rum-runners, that also want to talk business. Pancho, one of the three, is also running from the war. Pancho is the main speaker of the bunch as he talks to Harry. "The talked plenty of money, and spoke the kind of English Cubans with money speak." (Hemingway 6) They are wanting to help Harry out. Harry describes the three. "Two of them looked like breathers and the other one, Panco, was a little taller, but the same sort of looking kid." (Hemingway 6) All four of these men are dishonest to their countries. They should be fighting for their countries, where as they still can be killed in what they are doing.