The Disillusionment of Hemingway

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The paper examines how Hemingway's "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place," "The Killers," and "The Sun Also Rises" demonstrate his ability to express his disillusionment and desolation. The paper outlines Hemingway's background and the effects of World War I on him and shows how love, loss and depression eventually caused him to take his life. The paper explores how Hemingway's works reflect these moments of emptiness, despair and the thought that there is no purpose in life.

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"Ernest Hemingway is known throughout literature as an author of few words. This technique is Hemingway's trademark for he had the ability to speak volumes in as few words as possible. Hemingway gives the reader room to interpret through a variety of characters, settings, and plots. Many of his stories focus on despair and nothingness and he is notorious for being a member of the "lost" generation. His life experiences and his creative spark worked together to create a lasting impression in literature. Many of Hemingway's stories revolve the idea of despair, nothingness, isolation, and hopelessness. Through very little words, Hemingway allows to see inside the human psyche."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Beegel, Susan. "Ernest Hemingway." GALE Resource Database. Site Accessed May 17, 2008. <http://www.infotrac.galegroup.com>
• Bennett, Warren. "Character, Irony, and Resolution in 'A Clean Well-Lighted Place.'" GALE Resource Database. Site Accessed May 18, 2008. < http://www.infotrac.galegroup.com >
• ---. The Sun Also Rises. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. 1970.
• Hemingway, Ernest. "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place." Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama. New York: Harper Collins College Publishers. 1995. pp.159-162.
• ---. "The Killers. Thirty-Eight Short Stories: An Introductory Anthology. Toronto: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. 1968. 603-15

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