The Sun Also Rises

Kayleigh Needer
AP Lang
4/21/17

Ernest Hemingway is a famous author who is well known for his unique style of writing

and some of his novels such as The Sun Also Rises, A Farewell to Arms, For Whom the Bell

Tolls, and The Old Man and the Sea. He was born July 21, 1899 in Cicero, Illinois (Nobel

Foundation). After finishing high school, Hemingway was sent overseas to serve in World War I

in 1918, as an ambulance driver, for which he was awarded the Italian Silver Medal of Bravery.

But due to war wounds, he was sent to a hospital in Milan to be treated, it was in the hospital

where he met a nurse who would soon become his first wife. After the war, he went to work for

the newspaper, the Kansas City Star, as a journalist. This is where Hemingway first found his

love for journaling and writing (Hotchner).

Hemingways style of writing is characterized by short and simple prose with blunt,

honest dialogue. His style was developed, in large part, because of his background in journalism.

While his writing style was first rejected due to its difference to other literary styles, he was later

rewarded for it due to its unique effects on his stories and the realistic tones that this style

created. While this acceptance did not occur until much later in his writing career, Hemingway

won many prestigious awards, such as a Pulitzer for his novel, the Old Man and the Sea,

awarded in 1953. He also won a Nobel Prize for the same novel in 1954, due to its influence

that he exerted on contemporary style(Ernest Hemingway Biography).

The Sun Also Rises was Hemingway's first novel and was published in 1926. It is a story

about a group of American and British expatriates and war veterans who traveled to Paris in

search of a deeper meaning for life and adventure. This novel has had a huge influence on

writing and style because of its portrayal of modern day society. After World War I, there were
many expatriate writers who moved to Paris, now known as the lost generation. Hemingway's

novel reflected these actions, providing an introspective commentary on society during the 1920s

(The Moods of Hemingway). This novel established Hemingway as an accomplished writer, and

the novels unique style and message influenced writing during the contemporary movement.

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