A+Farewell+to+Arms+Biography


 * Life of Ernest Hemingway:**
 * Born in Illinois in 1899
 * Worked as a newspaper reporter in Kansas City
 * Joined the Italian Army as a volunteer ambulance driver immediately after the U.S. entered WWI.
 * He was wounded on the front and decorated by the Italian Government.
 * After returning and healing, he worked as a reporter in the American and Canadian newspapers where he reported on the Greek Revolution.
 * During the twenties, Hemingway joined other Americans in Paris where he wrote //The Sun Also Rises// and //A Farewell to Arms.//
 * Enjoyed and participated in the alcohol and party scene.
 * He was married four times, and had various romantic relationships during his lifetime.
 * Died in 1961 in Idaho when he committed suicide with a shotgun.


 * For more info on Hemingway, visit** [|**Nobel Prize Site**] **or** [|**Wikipedia**]

Each person will be given a sticky note with a name of a person who influenced Hemingway's life. Without looking at it, they will put it on their back. By questioning each other, and myself, they will try to guess the person on their sticky note.
 * Starting Activity:**

This relates to Hemingway's writing style because he does very little to build his characters at the beginning of the book. He spends more time developing the setting unlike Fitzgerald who uses great detail to describe the characters. Similarly, we will be trying to describe the people of Hemingway's life with very little background information on those people.

1) Hemingway is known as a writer who incorperates stoic characters in his writing. ("Stoicism teaches that self-control, fortitude and detachment from distracting emotions, sometimes interpreted as an indifference to pleasure or pain, allows one to become a clear thinker, level-headed and unbiased." -wikipedia) Does Henry fit Hemingway's typical stoic character?
 * Discussion Questions:**

2) Hemingway had been married four times and allegedly taken part in affairs with many women. Henry is similar at the start of the book, yet seems to be in love with Catherine. What is Hemingway saying about men and women during his time?

3) Clearly, Hemingway based his book on his experiences in WWI as a volunteer ambulance driver. Is it significant to the book that Hemingway joined the Italian Army even though the U.S. had entered the war. Why does he change this factor in his book? 4) In the book, when Henry is wounded, he is treated as a hero. Similarly, when Hemingway is wounded he is awarded by the Italian government. Based on Henry's response to his heroic treatment, how do you think Hemingway feels about heroes?

5) In //The Great Gatsby,// the midwest is representative of morality. Hemingway was born and raised in the midwest, yet found the party scene similar to Fitzgerald. How is this reflected in his writing?

Devin P.