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A 5 page research paper that examines how Hemingway's own war experiences affected his novels A Farewell to Arms, For Whom the Bell Tolls, and Across the River and into the Trees. The writer argues that the first two books reflect Hemingway's experience in the Spanish Civil War and World War I, but that the WWII novel is derived solely from research and not from Hemingway's personal war experience. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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These experiences greatly affected the narrative structure for many of his novels, including For Whom the Bell Tolls and A Farewell to Arms, as well as Across the Rive and
into the Trees. The following examination of critical opinion on this topic will demonstrate the extent to which Hemingways wartime experience contributed to his writing. British military historian Charles
Whiting, Hemingway Goes to War (1999), questions Hemingways motives in war reporting, claiming that Hemingway came to the European theater more to gather material for his novel than to dispatch
news (Rogers 114). The accusation that Hemingway was not emotionally involved in the Spanish Civil War cannot be credit after reading any of Hemingways reports. Like most reporters, Hemingway was
pro-Republic (Sorel 70). However, unlike most of them he lost all objectivity and blatantly propagandized for that cause (Sorel 70). However, like the heroes in many of his novels, during
the Spanish Civil War , Hemingway was distracted from his duties by a beautiful woman, Martha Gellhorn (Sorel 70). Seven years later, Martha, now his wife, persuaded Hemingway to
return to war reporting during World War II. This experience was in auspicious, largely due to Hemingways alcohol addiction (Sorel 70). While Hemingway displays a detailed knowledge of several
World War II battles in Across the River and into the Trees, this knowledge came from research and not from Hemingways personal wartime experience during this conflict (Meredith 60). Sorel
describes Hemingways World War II experience and this largely consists of liberating the bar at the Ritz Hotel in Paris (70). (The student researching this topic has undoubtedly noted that
this particular part of his/her thesis does not agree with the facts, i.e. that Across the River and into the Trees derives from Hemingways war experience. On the other hand,
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