"The Snows of Kilimanjaro".

             ""The Marvelous thing is that it"s painless," he said. 'That"s how you know when it starts"" (Hemingway 3). A dying man in the middle of the African Safari, is the concept of Ernest Hemingway"s, "The Snows of Kilimanjaro." Hemingway, in this story more than any other of his works, used himself and his life experiences to create a great piece of literature. .

             After reading some Hemingway"s works it becomes apparent that he is writing about himself in many instances. Time and time again Hemingway uses his sense of adventure to make compelling stories. Hemingway, despite repeated attempts, could not enlist to fight in World War I. Few people are eager to go to war; Hemingway was disappointed when he could not. His passion for action was so strong, he was willing to risk dying for it. Soon after graduating high school, Hemingway volunteered to be an ambulance driver for the Red Cross. This took him to the Italian front. Not long after joining he was seriously injured by 200 steel pins that exploded from a mortar. He did not stop there. He climbed out of a trench in an open fire zone to rescue a wounded Italian soldier, for this he was awarded the Italian medal al Valore. This is courage, and yes, Hemingway had plenty of it. However it was Hemingway"s pure desire for action that drove him to such courageous feats. Hemingway never had a dull moment in his life. When a dull moment did arise, he attempted to kill it through his obsessive drinking. His reckless drinking lead to depression and high blood pressure which eventually contributed to his suicide. For a man that feared death and loneliness, which he made so clear in his stories, suicide would not be one"s first guess of how Hemingway might die. In "The Snows of Kilimanjaro" however, it was almost as if he was foreshadowing his own death. .

             Through Hemingway"s surroundings he develops the setting for his books.