The Women that Influenced Ernest Hemingway’s Writing

The Women that Influenced Ernest Hemingway’s Writing
Ernest Hemingway was born on July 21, 1899 at his grandfather’s home in Oak Park, Chicago. He was the oldest male of six children. With such a large family, Ed and Grace Hemingway ran a strict household, but they did allow their children to enjoy themselves. Ernest loved the outdoors. Him and his father found themselves at Bear Lake many times throughout the early years of Ernest’s life, but as he got older, Ernest became more of a ladies man. Ernest was married four times and rejected once by an older woman. These five women were the reason for most of Ernest Hemingway’s literature. (Hulse)
In 1929, Ernest Hemingway wrote “his first major commercial success,” A Farewell to Arms (Flora 180). This novel is about a wounded World War I soldier that had an affair with his nurse. Hemingway wrote this novel eleven years after meeting his first true love, Agnes Von Kurowsky. Hemingway fell in love with Agne...