Abstract words such as glory, honor, courage, or hallow were obscene beside the concrete names of villages, the numbers of roads, the names of rivers, the numbers of regiments and the dates.
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About Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Hemingway was a 19th-century American author and journalist. Ernest Miller Hemingway was an American novelist, short-story writer and journalist. Known for an economical, understated style that influenced later 20th-century writers, he has been romanticized for his adventurous lifestyle and outspoken, blunt public image. Read more on Wikipedia →
Themes
- Courage — Facing fear, adversity, and uncertainty with bravery