Ernest HemingwayErnest Hemingway

Old Man and the SeaOld Man and the Sea

and the and the

Hemingway HeroHemingway Hero

HemingwayHemingway

• Born in 1899Born in 1899• Volunteered as an Volunteered as an

ambulance driver ambulance driver in Italy during WWIin Italy during WWI– Wanted to fight, but Wanted to fight, but

had an eye injury had an eye injury due to boxingdue to boxing

– ““Love and War”Love and War”

• Journalist by tradeJournalist by trade– Look at styleLook at style

ParisParis

• Lost GenerationLost Generation– Friends with Friends with

Fitzgerald, James Fitzgerald, James Joyce, Gertrude Joyce, Gertrude Stein, Ezra PoundStein, Ezra Pound

Literary SuccessesLiterary Successes

• A Farewell to ArmsA Farewell to Arms was his first was his first commercial success commercial success (1929)(1929)

• Old Man and the Old Man and the SeaSea (1952) won the (1952) won the Pulitzer Prize (1953) Pulitzer Prize (1953) and the Nobel Prize and the Nobel Prize for Literature (1954) for Literature (1954) …you’re welcome……you’re welcome…

Depression: 1961 IdahoDepression: 1961 Idaho

Hemingway Hero or CodeHemingway Hero or Code

•A man is A man is defined by defined by WILL, PRIDE, WILL, PRIDE, and and ENDURANCEENDURANCE

WILLWILL

• The will to face defeat and victory The will to face defeat and victory truly, without complaining on one truly, without complaining on one hand or boasting on the otherhand or boasting on the other

PridePride

• The pride of knowing that one has The pride of knowing that one has done one’s best and has acted done one’s best and has acted according to one’s own nature.according to one’s own nature.

EnduranceEndurance

• The endurance to accept pain, even The endurance to accept pain, even loss-- when loss cannot be avoidedloss-- when loss cannot be avoided

More Hemingway HeroMore Hemingway Hero

• The HH must NOT make trouble for The HH must NOT make trouble for others. People are free, but our others. People are free, but our freedom extends to the end of the freedom extends to the end of the next person.next person.

• Finally, the HH does NOT judge Finally, the HH does NOT judge others because he views men others because he views men objectively,objectively,

What to look for in What to look for in OMSOMS

• StyleStyle– Short, simple, clearShort, simple, clear

What to look for in What to look for in OMSOMS

• StructureStructure– Some dream sequencesSome dream sequences– Watch for religious allusions (numbers)Watch for religious allusions (numbers)

What to look for in What to look for in OMSOMS

• ThemesThemes– Isolation (Ethan Frome)Isolation (Ethan Frome)– ReligionReligion

What to look for in What to look for in OMSOMS

• SymbolismSymbolism– Boy, Old Man, FishBoy, Old Man, Fish

– ““I tried to make a real old man, a real I tried to make a real old man, a real boy, and real shark. But if I made them boy, and real shark. But if I made them good and true enough, they would mean good and true enough, they would mean many things. The hardest thing is to many things. The hardest thing is to make something really true and make something really true and sometimes truer than true.”sometimes truer than true.”