Hemingway's notebooks reveal the great education he received at Oak Park and River Forest Township High School. Hemingway involved himself in many activities and sports during his four years at high school, starting with his freshman year in 1913. He was average in sports, playing football, swimming, wat

Throughout his life, Hemingway owned three homes. After returning from Spain in 1928, he and his second wife, Pauline Pfeiffer, bought a large house (after renting an apartment) at 907 Whitehead Street in Key West, Florida. Hemingway loved it; he felt like he was living in a foreign country with all of the flowers, tamarind trees, guava trees, and coconut palms. In this home, he had an "empire of cats" running around everywhere, most of which were deformed and blind (Mellow 528). Here, he wrote A Farewell to Arms and also heard of his father's suicide (HRC 5).

The very first story Nick Adams is introduced in is "Indian Camp." Hemingway establishes the "omission concept" in this story by leaving out information for the reader to pick up. Nick Adams is eight years old, and his father decides to take him along on an emergency medical call for an Indian woman in labor. Nick's Uncle George and the Indian woman's husband are also present. Nick's innocence and naivete are greatly illustrated when his dad delivers the baby; he looks away during labor. Seconds later, it is discovered that during the labor, the Indian has committed suicide by slitting his throat

In the later part of this life, Hemingway suffered from serious periods of depression and suicidal thoughts. His body became thin and weak, and he was both physically and mentally worn out. He was always tired, very irritable, and had frequent outbursts. His adventurous life brought him close to death several times, and his health problems consisted of: throat troubles, headaches, anthrax, piles, eye cuts, scalp wounds, foot cuts, auto crashes, bronchitis, a boating concussion, wounds from plane crashes, kidney troubles, and sensitivity to the head (Mellow 694). He was in and out of the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota, where he was diagnosed with diabetes and treated for high blood pressure. He also underwent shock treatments for his nervous depression. By June 1961, Hemingway weighed a frail 155 pounds (Gregory 111). He left Mayo Clinic and returned to his home in Ketchum. Early Sunday morning of July 2, 1961, Hemingway quietly went downstairs, loaded a double barrel shotgun, !

After high school graduation in the spring of 1917, Hemingway was eager to fight in WWI (L. Hemingway 44). Although his father strongly opposed because of his young age, Hemingway enlisted anyway. However, he was deferred because of his poor vision; he had a defective left eye that was supposedly inherited from his mother (Wilson I). Hemingway then decided to go live with his Uncle Tyler (Ty) in Kansas City and pursue a career in journalism. His uncle, although completely unaware of his writing ability, liked his nephew and wanted to see him working on the Kansas City Star; therefore, he set his nephew up with a job (L. Hemingway 44). At the short time that Hemingway worked for the Star, he was taught some stylistic lessons which later proved to influence his fictions. The newspaper promoted short sentences, active verbs, authenticity, compression, clarity, and immediacy. Hemingway once said, "Those were the best rules I ever learned for writing. I've never forgotten t!

Hemingway chose the name "Nick Adams" to be a representation of the character's personality and the inherited tendencies of all men. "Nick" is easily referred to "Old Nick" or Satan, and "Adams" is referred to Adam as in "Adam and Eve." The name symbolizes both evil and purity. The Hemingway hero must learn throughout his life about the nature of evil, and the great effort to prevent it provides important logic for the learning process. By creating this name, Hemingway describes the inescapable tendencies of man (De Falco 31 159-160).

Hemingway returned to Oak Park from Italy in 1919 and found it extremely dull and lifeless compared to his experience of war. He decided to move to Toronto and write freelance for the Toronto Star. In October of that year, he moved from Toronto to Chicago where he met his s

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