Would you read a book knowing that its author died with the brutal taste of self-inflicted cold steel in the back of his throat? Many have oblivious to this detail. Many choose to ignore this gruesome fact because of the great literacy written beforehand. World War I had a profound effect on everyone it touched. The results of the incidents that Ernest Hemingway experienced during the war, changed him as a man, eventually led to his death, and are reflected in his works.
Grace Hall Hemingway pleased her husband, Dr. Clarence Hemingway, by giving birth to their first son and second child of six, Ernest Miller, on July 21, 1899 in Oak Park Illinois. As a teenager, Hemingway was continually rejected from the army because of a defective right eye inherited from his mother. He finally finagled a way into the military--as an ambulance driver. …
