Ernest hemingway
Ernest hemingwayErnest Hemingway:
The affect of World War I on his life style
Table of Contents
Thesis………………………………………………………………..pg.i
Introduction………………………………………………………….pg.1
Body…………………………………………………………………pg.2
Conclusion…………………………………………………………..pg.7
Endnotes…………………………………………………………….pg.8
Works Cited…………………………………………………………pg.10
Thesis Statement: Ernest Hemingway's experience in World War I affected his actions, writings, and emotions throughout his life.
Introduction
While handing out chocolate bars on the West Bank of the Piave River, Ernest Hemingway was severely wounded by a mortar shell. Even with both his legs penetrated with fragments of ammunition, he carried an Italian soldier to safety. For his courage he was awarded the Croce de Guerra and the Medaglia d'Argento al Valor Militare. During Ernest's stay in a Red Cross hospital he fell in love with a nurse. Agnes Von Kurowsky was seven and a half years older than Ernest, who was almost eighteen. At first Agnes refused his advances, stating that it was against regulations to become involved with a patient. However, after a time, she allowed herself to return the love that was being offered to her. Before Ernest was shipped back to the states they agreed to be married after the war. Only three months later, Agnes wrote Ernest a letter saying that she was going to marry an Italian Lieutenant named Duca Dominico Caraceiolo instead.
Back in America, Ernest was crushed and he fell into depression. Ernest was so heartbroken that he would write letters to nurses and patients from back in Italy about the terrible things he hoped would happen to Agnes. Thus began his career as a writer of emotion, truth and everything in-between.
The people of Oak Park, Illinois probably never guessed that the boy down the block would become one of the most influential writers of his time. When Ernest Hemingway ran away at the age of fifteen to pursue a journalism career at the "Kansas City Star", his parents thought of him as a foolish, young boy. Ernest realized the difficulty of keeping a job at such a young age and returned home, only to stay for a short while.1
In May of 1918 Ernest left America to join the Red Cross in Italy at the height of World War I. When Ernest arrived in Italy he was assigned the duty of searching for survivors and retrieving the victim's body parts. During this job he would notice the expressions on the faces of the deceased and he would write stories about them, as well as write articles for the local war paper. Ernest grew restless with this job and requested a change of assignment. He was granted that change and was posted to American Red Cross Station Four in Schio, Italy. He was an ambulance driver with the rigorous shift of twenty-four hours on duty,2 twenty-four hours off duty. In late June he offered to man a canteen close to the front at Fossalta on the Piave River.2...
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