Ernest Hemingway Author: Ernest Hemingway Published in 1929 Setting and Background: World War I battlefield in the North of Italy Extract: from "York Notes on Farewell to Arms" by Adele King - Longman Literature Guides (Longman York Press) Ernest Hemingway was born into a middle class American family in Oak Park, Illinois, on 21 July 1899. His father was a doctor, his mother a music teacher. Interested in sports and hunting, and intensely competitive, Hemingway began writing while in secondary school. In 1917, after leaving school, he decided not to go to university and took a job as a reporter on the Kansas City Star About A Farewell to Arms

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Selections of Students' Writing C - Photo of Soldiers Departing contrasted with words about the reality of War Q - In your own words describe Hemingway's experience at the front. Q - Describe Frederick Henry's experience in chapter 9 of 'A Farewell to Arms'. How does he create strong emotional impact on the reader?

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