A BRIEF BIOGRAPHICAL DETAILS OF EARNEST HEMINGWAY.

 

“There is no friend as loyal as a book.”

                                                    

                                                               ― Ernest Hemingway

Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961)

Ernest Hemingway, one of the most prominent American writers of the 20th century, was born in Oak Park, Illinois, on July 21, 1899. Hemingway, who is well-known for his distinctive writing style that is defined by simplicity and clarity, frequently addressed themes of masculinity, war, and the human condition in his works.

Ernest's mother, a highly religious and pious woman with an understanding of music, had hoped that her son would take an interest in music. she herself had once hoped for an operatic career, but during her first recital at Carnegie Hall, the lights were so intense for her defective eyes that she gave up performing.In high school, Ernest tried his hand at playing the cello, but it was obvious right away that he was not a musician. Rather, he was a great fan of the great outdoors, just like his father.

Ernest's father gave him an all-day fishing trip for his fourth birthday. Ernest started fishing when he was three years old. His grandfather got him a 20-gauge single-barrel shotgun for his twelfth birthday. He was one of the well-known group of foreign writers living in Paris when he soon set off on a life of travel, skiing, fishing, and hunting, activities which would serve as inspiration for his short stories featuring Hemingway's youthful fictitious character, Nick Adams.

His career as a journalist started after graduation. During World War I, he received injuries while driving an ambulance. The novel The Sun Also Rises (1926) came after his story collection In Our Time (1925). A Farewell to Arms (1929) and To Have and Have Not (1937) are examples of later novels.

His long-standing passion for Spain, which included a fascination with bullfighting, brought him to Spain during the Spanish Civil War, where he worked as a correspondent and wrote the novel For Whom the Bell Tolls (1940). Winner Take Nothing (1933), The Fifth Column (1938), and Men Without Women (1927) are some such collections of short stories. He was born and raised in Cuba, where his novella The Old Man and the Sea (1952, Pulitzer Prize) is set. He moved there around 1940.

In 1954, he received the Nobel Prize in Literature. Hemingway's unhappy years continued into the following few years, with attacks of high blood pressure and clinical depression in 1961. During his two lengthy stays at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, he was administered shock therapy; However, the majority of the recommended treatments for his depression proved to be unsuccessful.

Hemingway shot himself in the head and passed away at home on July 2, 1961. There seem to have been two Hemingways at all times. The bearded, grin-wearing "Papa" from the news photos was the adventurer; the other was the skillful, sensitive writer Hemingway, who carefully wrote, revised, and corrected his pieces.

Hemingway's term for his short stories, "gems," describes each of the collected short stories covered in this volume as a polished, completed work. There is no need for additional words, and no word is unnecessary. Literary commentators rank Hemingway as one of the greatest authors of short stories in history, ranking him alongside such well-known authors as Flannery O'Connor, John Steinbeck, and William Faulkner.

HIS FAMOUS WORKS :

Big Two-Hearted River (1925)

The Sun Also Rises (1926)

A Farewell to Arms (1929)

For Whom the Bell Tolls (1940)

The Old Man and the Sea (1952)

NARRATIVE TECHNIQUE AND DIALOGUE IN SHORT STORY.

 SHORT STORY (NARRATIVE TECHNIQUE AND DIALOGUE).

 

NARRATIVE TECHNIQUE.

The Narrative Technique is the writer's method of selecting who tells the story to whom. A unique point of view is essential because it affects how the reader interprets people, events, and other important aspects. There are three types of Narrative technique, First person, second person and third person.

First-person point of view

We frequently use the first person to talk about ourselves, our ideas, and what happens to us. The most obvious indication that a phrase is written in the first person is the use of first-person pronouns.  We, us, our, and ourselves are examples of first-person pronouns. They are singular first-person plural pronouns. Singular first-person pronouns include I, me, my, mine, and myself.

Example : I think I lost my wallet! I can’t find it anywhere!

Example : When I fall asleep, I can still see the sunlight on the waves.

Second-person point of view

The pronoun 'you' is used in second-person narrative. The reader is introduced as the protagonist or primary character in this point of view. It is the most challenging point of view to maintain during the course of some longer creative writing work.  Just keep in mind that it's the most difficult and rarely used point of view in fiction.

Third-person point of view

In third-person point of view, the narrator has the ability to know everything. You’ll see the pronouns he/his, she/her, they/them/their, and it/its in third-person point of view. This point of view allows for the greatest flexibility and also creates the most complexity.

 

There are three ways to write in the third person: 

Third-person omniscient: The narrator speaks freely about everyone and everything. There are no limits to the time, space, or character the narrator can access.

Third-person limited omniscient : The author writes in third person but keeps the thoughts and feelings limited to one central character. The Harry Potter series is an example of third-person limited omniscient. The reader has access to scenes across time and space, but they are only ever in the head of Harry himself. 

Third-person objective: The narrator is a neutral entity, relying on observations of characters rather than getting in their heads. Ernest Hemingway was a master of third-person objective. Hemingway’s short story “Hills Like White Elephants” is the most popular example of this rare style in fiction.

 

DIALOGUE.

 

Dialogue is the written words of what character’s say. It allows the writer to move the story forward to its ending. It allows the writer to develop the character— personality, views, opinions, thoughts, impressions. It allows the writer to dramatize the story—to show readers what is happening, not tell them.

Some additional key details about dialogue:

Dialogue is defined in contrast to monologue, when only one person is speaking.

Dialogue is often critical for moving the plot of a story forward, and can be a great way of conveying key information about characters and the plot.

Dialogue is also a specific and ancient genre of writing, which often takes the form of a philosophical investigation carried out by two people in conversation. This entry, however, deals with dialogue as a narrative element, not as a genre.

 Example of Dialogue.

Alice: "Hey, do you want to grab coffee later?" 

Bob: "Sure! What time were you thinking?" 

Alice: "How about 3 PM? There's a new café that just opened up."