Ernest Hemingway
What was America like in Ernest Hemingway’s time, 1899-1961?
I’m doing a book report and part of it is to describe America during the lifetime of my author (Ernest Hemingway) and discuss how this may have influenced his writing. It has to be 1/2 page long and I can’t find anything. A summary please?
During the first half of the 21st century there was a lot of turbulence in general. Things were changing rapidly all over the world. The values and lifestyles people had when Hemmingway was growing up may have been markedly different than the values and lifestyles people had when he died.
There were lots global conflicts during his lifetime starting with WWI (a war that he served in) WWII and the Cold War. At the same time the world started to become smaller figuratively speaking.
Cultures, ideas, information, products from all over the world started to become accessible to everyone because of improved technology that allowed more contact with people who were really far away (i.e. radio, television, air travel, etc.) That will definitely effect what an author thinks about or writes about.
What’s most interesting, and what you see most in his writing, is the fact that the time he lived was a time when old ways were transitioning to new ways. In Old Man And The Sea for example, you have a guy who lives in the Caribbean, who still fishes for marlin out of a tiny boat, and teaches a young boy this ancient fishing technique, however, when he’s on land, he likes to listen to the New York Yankees play games on the Radio.
Ernest Hemingway
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The Killers (1964) [VHS] $14.98 As with its 1946 predecessor of the same title and directed by noir maestro Robert Siodmak, this version of The Killers makes much ado out of Ernest Hemingway’s classic short story of two hit men who shake up a diner while looking for their prey. Hemingway’s sketch took up perhaps the first six minutes of Siodmak’s film, and everything after that was an add-on. This 1964 remake (of sorts) by Don S… |
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The Snows of Kilimanjaro [VHS] $1.29 Several pieces of Hemingway fiction fold together for this pastiche movie, in which a writer (Gregory Peck) lies on the slope of Africa’s famous mountain and thinks back on his life while awaiting medical attention. “Africa” in this case is a back-screen projection; fortunately, the majority of the film is told through flashbacks set in France, Spain, and other parts of the Dark Continent. Peck’s … |
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Old Man & The Sea [VHS] $0.52 The classic Ernest Hemingway novel about man battling nature and the demons within himself is adapted admirably in this 1958 film starring the legendary Spencer Tracy. Playing the fisherman who goes on an intense and futile quest as he contemplates his own nature, Tracy turns in a spellbinding performance of understated power. He plays an itinerant Cuban fisherman whose luck at catching his prey h… |
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The Old Man and the Sea $3.79 Ernest Hemingway’s classic story of man versus nature is strikingly transferred to the screen, with Spencer Tracy starring as the elderly Cuban fisherman who hooks the catch of a lifetime and is determined to bring his prize marlin in. With Felipe Pazos, Harry Bellaver. 86 min. Standard and Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital mono, French Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: Englis… |
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For Whom the Bell Tolls $7.98 Lavish treatment of Ernest Hemingway’s classic novel stars Gary Cooper as an American teacher who journeys to Spain to join the Loyalist forces in their civil war against the Fascists and falls in love with fellow freedom fighter Ingrid Bergman. With Akim Tamiroff, Joseph Calleia and Best Supporting Actress Oscar-winner Katina Paxinou. 166 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; Sub… |
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Ernest Hemingway (Paperback) $23.76 Ernest Hemingway`s groundbreaking prose style and examination of timeless themes made him one of the most important American writers of the twentieth century. Yet in Ernest Hemingway: Thought in Action, Mark Cirino observes, ?Literary cr… |
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Ernest Hemingway (Hardcover) $41.63 Considered one of the greatest American novelists of the 20th century, Ernest Hemingway composed many classic works, including The Sun Also Rises, For Whom the Bell Tolls, and A Farewell to Arms, earning the Nobel Prize in… |
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The Sun Also Rises – Ernest Hemingway (Hardcover) $38.8 The esteemed critic Harold Bloom puts The Sun Also Rises on a short list of modern American novels that appear certain to endure. Ernest Hemingway`s classic tale hinges on issues of conflict, masculinity, and desire in its indelible po… |
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Famous Authors Series, The – Ernest Hemingway (DVD) $17.81 An examination of the tragic life of Ernest Hemingway, known for novels such as “The Old Man and the Sea” and “A Farewell to Arms.” Includes interviews, memoirs, and photographs. |
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Ernest Hemingway (Reinforced Hardcover) $16.93 Provides middle readers with a look at the creative and turbulent life of this celebrated author of such classics as The Old Man and the Sea and A Farewell to Arms. |
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My Brother, Ernest Hemingway (Hardcover) $17.97 Description not available. |
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Ernest Hemingway on Writing (Paperback) $11.09 The editor has culled from Hemingway`s voluminous letters, articles, and interviews a collection of his thoughts on the writing process and the publishing business. |
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Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway $14.81 Hemingway’s short stories are considered his best work because of their controlled economy, the simplicity of their language, and Hemingway’s constant struggle to get to the truth in a situation. |
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Ernest Hemingway and the Geography of Memory (Paperback) $23.87 Description not available. |
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Ernest Hemingway (Mixed media product) $82.21 Description not available. |
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War in Ernest Hemingway`s for Whom the Bell Tolls (Hardcover) $37.87 Description not available. |
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War in Ernest Hemingway`s for Whom the Bell Tolls (Paperback) $29.61 Description not available. |
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Hemingway`s Guns (Hardcover) $23.22 This small volume documents in detail the many firearms of Ernest Hemingway. Each chapter focuses on a particular model from Hemingway`s collection and combines a narrative describing the events in the writer`s life when he acquired each gun with detai… |
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The Paris Wife (Hardcover) $14.85 Follows the life of Ernest Hemingway`s first wife, Hadley, as she navigates 1920s Paris. By the author of A Ticket to Ride. |
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For Whom the Bell Tolls (DVD) $8.41 Ernest Hemingway’s 1939 novel, FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS, stands among the great pieces of American literature. Sam Wood’s directi |
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The Paris Wife (Compact Disc) $23.22 Follows the life of Ernest Hemingway`s first wife, Hadley, as she navigates 1920s Paris. By the author of A Ticket to Ride. Simultaneous. Book available. |
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A Farewell to Arms (DVD) $11.85 Frank Borzage’s drama is the original, highly acclaimed film adaptation of Ernest Hemingway’s 1929 novel about the poignant, ill |
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The Killers – Criterion Collection (DVD) $22.85 Contains both 1946 and 1964 Versions of The Killers Ernest Hemingway’s short story THE KILLERS was turned into two |
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The Short Stories/the First Forty-Nine Stories With a Brief Preface by the Author $13.37 The definitive collection of the stories of Ernest Hemingway, with a preface by the author, originally published in 1938. Heming |
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The Sun Also Rises (Paperback) $10.1 Ernest Hemingway`s great post-World War I novel, his first major work and the classic novel of the “lost generation,” is a vivid exploration of the moral wasteland of Europe in the Twenties, and of the sterility and despair of postwar life. His hero, J… |
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The Old Man and the Sea (DVD) $7.87 John Sturges`s adaptation of Ernest Hemingway`s short novel, often regarded as an allegory of the latter part of the writer`s career, stars Spencer Tracy as Santiago, an aged Cuban fisherman who has been nearly three months without a significant haul. … |
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The Homebrewer`s Recipe Guide (Paperback) $10.19 A collection of recipes for all kinds of beers that can be brewed at home, with quotations from famous drinkers, such as Ernest Hemingway, Pete Hamill, Jack Kerouac, and Simone de Beauvoir. |
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The Paris Wife (Paperback) $11.69 The community of American writers and artists living in France between the two world wars supplies numerous scholarly accounts and personal remembrances, among them Ernest Hemingway`s own A MOVEABLE FEAST. Paula McLain`s novel THE PARIS WIFE envisions … |
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Paris Without End (Paperback) $10.76 Hadley Richardson and Ernest Hemingway were the golden couple of Paris in the twenties, the center of an expatriate community boasting the likes of Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald, Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas, and James and Nora Joyce. In this ha… |
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Hemingway`s Boat (Paperback) $11.41 From a National Book Critics Circle Award winner, a brilliantly conceived and illuminating reconsideration of a key period in the life of Ernest Hemingway that will forever change the way he is perceived and understood.Focusing on the years 193… |
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