I have thoroughly enjoyed teaching Ernest Hemingway to my 11th graders during the last few days--so much so that I think I am going to make him my new literary obsession. We read and studied his short story, "In Another Country," and watched the A&E biography of him (thanks, Jen). Previously, I only read this particular short story and The Old Man and the Sea. Now, I am on a mission to find A Moveable Feast because I am particularly interested in his love for Hadley and their time in Paris. I looked at Trade Books today, and I had no luck. Amazon, I'm on my way... Anyway, to honor the late Mr. Hemingway, I have chosen some of my favorite of his quotes to pay my respects... Humor me.
"All my life I've looked at words as though I was seeing them for the first time."
"Courage is grace under pressure."
"Every man's life ends the same way. It is only the details of how he lived and how he died that distinguish one man from another."
"If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life it stays with you, for Paris is a moveable feast."
"We are all apprentices in a craft where noone ever becomes a master."
My kids actually enjoyed and appreciated our study of Hemingway. I think they liked the life of adventure that he lived--especially his 4 wives... What a womanizer! But what a writer!
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might i suggest a class field trip to key west to visit Hem's 6 toed cats!
the quote “Every man's life ends the same way. It is only the details of how he lived and how he died that distinguish one man from another.”...can you tell me which of his works that is in? i need to site it for a research paper
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