Ernest Hemingway: The Father Of Modernism's Style

The Father of Modernism’s Style

Writing about his own experiences in life, Earnest Hemingway’s writings reflected his journey in World War One and other aspects of his life. Born on July 21, 1899 Hemingway started off as a boy in dresses, this changed when he grew older. Briefly he fought in World War One, Hemingway got injured right when he was put on the front line, in 1918. In 1921, the brave solider and writer married Hadley Richardson and he had one son with her however, he divorced her six years later for a younger woman. Although he had four wives total, he later says that he loved Richardson throughout. Hemingway’s unadorned style was shown through his choice of short sentences, point of view and imagery; he also used Hemingway

“The day was very hot.” (“Nick Sat Against the Wall...” page 143) A short sentence, that shows the simplicity of the piece. “There was a choice of three bridges.” (“In Another Country” pg. 1) He uses things that could be described more and added on to and just takes the main idea of them. Although these phrases could’ve been furthered, Hemingway used a short sentence to convey the style of unadorned. In many of Hemingway’s works, he used point of view to show his theme of unadorned, writing in the third person perspective. “Nick kept his direction by the sun.” (“Big Two Hearted River” page 181) This shows the simplicity of the work, no thoughts included like in first person or complex writing like in second person. “Nick turned his head...” (“Nick Sat Against the Wall...” page 143) This is an ample example of unadorned, a simple style choice that shows nothing more than the events taking place. Writing in the third person does not show anything extra, a simple

“It was going well.” (“Nick Sat Against the Wall...” page 143) Although Hemingway could’ve used more examples and detail as to why it was going well, he used a short choppy sentence to say this, aiding to the style of unadorned and the tone of terse. Showing no emotion, apathetic, was a very present tone throughout the writings of Hemingway. In the story “Two Big-Hearted River” it is mentioned that Nick likes to open cans. It is implied, and based on other details or the story, that Nick like to do this because it keeps him busy. He doesn’t show emotion, he hides from his emotions and denies them. This makes the writings much more simpler by not including emotions or extra