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Hemingway's "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place" and His Life


Ernest Hemingway was born on July 21st, 1899. He was the son of Dr.
Clarence Edmonds and Grace Hall Hemingway. He grew up in a small town called
Oak Park, Illinois. Hemingway was brought up in a somewhat conservative
household by his parents who pushed the value of politeness and religion. It
wasn't until he began English classes in school that his writing talent began to
shine.
After he graduated from high school Hemingway turned his back on
university and he decided to move to Kansas City. It was there where he got his
first job as a writer. He was a reporter for the Kansas City Star. The Star
was the first to introduce to him the news writing format which demands brief,
to the point sentences and the smooth flowing of ideas. It seems that Hemingway
adapted this style to his fiction writng. Hemingway demonstrates this talent in
a short story called "A Clean Well-Lighted Place".
When he was 19 Hemingway enlisted......

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