Hemingway’s Career
Earnest Hemingway began his writing career as an ambitious young American newspaper man in Paris after First World War. His early books, including “the Sun Also Rises” were published in Europe before they were released in the United States.
Hemingway always wrote from experience rather than from imagination. In” A Farewell to Arms” published in 1929, he recounted his adventures as an ambulance driver in Italy during the war. In For Whom the Bell Tolls published in 1940, he retold his memories of the Spanish Civil war.
Perhaps more than any other twentieth-century American writer, he was responsible for creating a style in literature. The Hemingway style was hard, economical and powerful. It lured the reader into using imagination in order to fill in detail.
In 1952 Hemingway published The Old Man and the Sea, a short, compelling tale of an old fisherman’s struggle to haul in a giant Marlin that he had caught in the Gulf of Mexico. Some critics interpreted it as the allegory of man’s struggle against old age; others interpreted it as man against the forces of nature. This book was the climax of Hemingway’s career. Two years later he was awarded the Noble Prize for literature.
Answer Key
Earnest Hemingway was an (a) ambitious young American newspaper man. He always wrote from his (b) experience rather than from (c) imagination. In” A Farewell to Arms” he expressed his past daring experience as an ambulance driver.
He was responsible for creating a (d) style which was hard, economical and powerful in literature. Hemingway’s a short, compelling tale The Old Man and the Sea is about an old fisherman’s (e) struggle to haul in a giant marlin that he had caught in the Gulf of Mexico. Some critics interpreted it as the (f) allegory of man’s struggle against old age. Others (g) interpreted it as man against the forces of (h) nature. This book was the (i) climax of Hemingway’s career. Two years (j) later he was awarded the Noble Prize for literature.
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Earnest Hemingway was an (a) ---------- young American newspaper man. He always wrote from his (b) ----------- rather than from (c) ------------. In” A Farewell to Arms” he expressed his past daring experience as an ambulance driver.
He was responsible for creating a (d) ------------which was hard, economical and powerful in literature. Hemingway’s a short, compelling tale The Old Man and the Sea is about an old fisherman’s (e) --------------- to haul in a giant marlin that he had caught in the Gulf of Mexico. Some critics interpreted it as the (f) ---------- of man’s struggle against old age. Others (g) ------------ it as man against the forces of (h) ----------. This book was the (i) ----------- of Hemingway’s career. Two years (j) ------ he was awarded the Noble Prize for literature.
