hemingway
Ernest Hemingway was born in Oak Park, IL on July 21, 1899, the son of a physician. It was from his father that he inherited his love for outdoor activities -- sports, camping, hunting, fishing, and boating. The young Ernest played football and boxed in high school. Given Hemingway’s overwhelming love for physical action, it is remarkable that he became a writer at all. And yet he became one of the great names in American literature, primarily due to his uncanny gift for probing the universality of his own despair, and his development of a uniquely American resolution. After graduating from high school in 1916, Hemingway immediately left for Kansas City to enlist in the Army, hoping to be sent overseas to fight in World War I. Unfortunately, minor eye damage incurred during his high school sports career was severe enough for the Army to turn him down. He got a job at the Kansas City Star as a reporter until he was able to convince a Red Cross ambulance unit to take him on as a driver, and at last he made it to the front in Europe. He was seriously wounded in Italy, and incurred nearly a dozen operations to restore complete function to his knee, which was now surmounted with an aluminum kneecap.
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Approximate Word count = 2051
Approximate Pages = 8 (250 words per page double spaced)
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