Ernest Hemingway

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ERNEST MILLER HEMINGWAY
Ernest Miller Hemingway was born on July 21, 1899 in Oak Park, Chicago, Illinois. He was born at eight o’clock and weighed nine pounds and eight ounces and he was twenty-three inches long. His father Dr. Clarence Hemingway, he was a fervent member of the First Congregation church. Ernest was christened at this church on October first, on his parent’s third wedding anniversary.
When Ernest was six years old his grandfather died. After the death of his grandfather he and his family moved to a new house. This house had three stories and eight bedrooms. Growing up in the Hemingway wasn’t easy. No one in the house was allowed to anything enjoyable on the Sabbath Day, all you could was worship God. Lashes from a razor strap or a hairbrush were the punishment for bad behavior.
Ernest developed into a well-rounded young man. Everything he done had to be done right. He attended Oak Park and River Township High School. Ernest enjoyed English and received good grades, but he was uninterested in other subjects. During high school he enjoyed boxing, canoeing, and writing articles for his school newspaper. After graduation he wanted to join the services or learn to write. Ernest got a job at the Kansas City Star after high school.
Ernest’s job on the star was to cover the ‘short-stop run’ this entailed the Fifteenth Street Police Station, Union Station, and General Hospital. He was trained by a manual that declared good writing. He learned that good writer didn’t ramble on about things. Before long he grew bored with news stories, and wanted to become part of the war to see some real action. The only problem was he had a deficiency in his left eye and didn’t know if he could enter the war because of this problem. Ernest learned from a fellow reporter that he could be accepted, so he applied.
Ernest applied for the position of ambulance driver. A few weeks after applying he got ...