Ernest Hemingway was and will always remain one of the most gifted authors in American literary history and will be accounted for writing some of the best literary works ever written. Hemingway lived an amazing life, filled with adventure, excitement, and success. He was a loving father, a husband, and an artist.
While there is no denying that Hemingway is an extremely accomplished writer, the world is often ignorant of the true Hemingway. While we often focus on his accomplishments, we must look upon his misdoings and overall personality. Hemingway lived a life full of competition, adultery, and masculinity.
Even in his early life Hemingway did as he pleased. Even though his parent told him to go to university, he went straight to work instead. When the army told him he couldn't go to war, he joined the red-cross instead. Hemingway had little respect for orders, and did whatever he wanted. This gave a sort of self-identified power that not only set himself above others, but gave him the drive to break laws in WWII.
As Hemingway matured he met many women. But, as apparent through his four wives and countless mistresses, no women was good enough for Hemingway. Not only did he cycle through wives, but he had little respect for them and competed with them both in the bedroom and in their professional lives.
Finally, Hemingway was in a constant wrestle with himself. He was always wanting to improve and to be this manly idol that he believed he could be. Whether it was deep sea fishing, big game hunting, or bull fighting hemingway did anything he could to be as much of a man as he could. This made him a depressed, self-conscious man always searching for something he could never achieve; perfection.
These aspects of his life are vital to the understanding of Hemingway's life. Hemingway was brilliant, but he is only a man, and at the end of the day that is what killed him.
