Hemingway

Ernest Hemingway was without a doubt a talented writer but he was also not a perfect man. I think that his lifestyle and personality should not be admired but that his writing should. He always strove to make his writing as truthful as possible and so his writing says a lot about him. What he saw as the truth in the stories he wrote may not have been the truth for everyone at that time, but they were the truth to him. Especially in his stories about Nick Adams, Hemingway revealed a lot about himself in his writing.

If anyone looked at a list of things Hemingway did in his life and places he had traveled, they would think Hemingway had lived a very full life. His life was certainly full of adventure- he lived in Paris, Cuba, Key West, and spent lots of time visiting Spain and hunting in Africa. He had many 4 wives and was involved with many other women. He was a celebrity during his life and spent lots of time fishing and boxing and enjoying the nightlife of cities like Havana. Even though Hemingway spent so much time busy and seemingly full of life, he also seemed to always kind of empty. He treated most of the people in his life like crap, including but not limited to the many women in his life and his children. He might not be entirely to blame for this- he grew up in different times and didn't always have an easy life.

Hemingway was a very talented writer but all in all, his talent did not give him the right to be misogynistic and disloyal to the people in his life however hard his life might have been.