William Faulkner and Ernest Hemingway contributed a great deal to American literature with their new and unique styles of writing. They are both known for their experimental ideas which are quite different from each other. Faulkner’s novels contain descriptive, complicated and long sentences, while Hemingway writes in a simple, plain, and straightforward manner. Hemingway and Faulkner’s way of constructing a sentence are very different. Hemingway uses language that is easy to understand and …showed first 75 words of 534 total…

…showed last 75 words of 534 total…churning he water and leaping in log jumps after the bait. They were circling it and driving it.” Even though he does not use metaphors, Hemingway is successfully able to describe an image. William Faulkner and Ernest Hemingway have two very different writing styles. Hemingway is direct and simple, while Faulkner’s style is complicated but very descriptive. Their unique styles and bold creativity helped shape American literature and open the door for new ideas.