Hemingway’s Life in his Stories Ernest Hemingway was born in Oak Park, IL on July 21, 1899, the son of a physician. It was from his father that he inherited his love for outdoor activities -- sports, camping, hunting, fishing, and boating. The young Ernest played football and boxed in high school. Given Hemingway’s overwhelming love for physical action, it is remarkable that he became a writer at all. And yet he became one of …showed first 75 words of 2072 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2072 total…work from the 1920s on, and his inability to live up to the demands of the hero he invented should not be read as a failure of his vision, but rather, an affirmation of his humanity. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** Works Cited: Fiedler, Leslie. Love and Death in the American Novel. Dalkey Archive edition, Normal, IL, 1997. Hemingway, Ernest. The Short Stories. Simon & Schuster, NY, 1995 Paperback Edition. Roth, John K. American Diversity, American Identity. Henry Holt & Co., NY, 1995.