A Writers Job Is To Tell The Truth By Ernest Hemingway

Hemingway takes a different path in the writing world than most authors. Most authors tend to believe if they have sophisticated syntax, they will be known as legends; which is not always the case. Hemingway was known as a brilliant writer. He does not try to confuse the reader with words—although he does melee the reader with his depth. In all of Hemingway’s writings, he crafts his text to reveal purpose by telling the truth, simplifying, and using symbolism.
One of Hemingway’s styles of writing was, to tell the truth. He did this for numerous reasons; the main reason was to reveal the purpose of the text. “’A writers job is to tell the truth,’ said Hemingway in 1942” (Baker 1). Hemingway believes that the reason a writer does what they
He does this with paraphrasing “…illustrate Hemingway’s point by paraphrasing his sentence.” (Levin 4). What this is saying is how Hemingway’s work feels like it is not the full thing. His vocabulary feels very minuscule. He takes what is necessary and uses it. Never will you see a work that Hemingway wrote and approves of that is long and superfluous. This reveals purpose because it shows the reader exactly what they need to know, not too much or too little. Hemingway does this because he feels like trying to make your work longer just for the sake of it is not efficient; that there are different ways to approach your point. “…one short spontaneous vulgarism is more honest than all those grandiloquent slogans…” (Levin 7). What this is saying is that speaking in a vignette way is much better than the other way around. This ties to the point. That just because someone demonstrates something to you in more advanced standard English, it does not mean it is a more elevated work. “…Any part you make will represent the whole if it’s made truly.”(Levin 16). This quotation means that, no matter how small a point is, if you can defend it, you can make it bigger. It does not matter as long as you represent the claim right. You can make a point that no one believes, as long as you have your evidence to back it up. Whenever Hemingway was presenting his Noble Speech Prize speech he ended it with “I have spoken too
This is described as the iceberg principle. This is much like the iceberg in the “Titanic”. The people on board noticed a quasi-small iceberg but, when looked under the water, they have apprised it was much more ice than expected. This affected the entire ending of the movie. Hemingway uses this in all of his work. He is thought to be talking about one, but once reread and the text has been analyzed, something completely different appears to be the true meaning. “Hemingway’s prose at its best gives a sense of depth and of moving forward on different levels…” (Baker 19). What this is saying is Hemingway’s work goes deeper than what is seen — many like different layers of a cake—the more the cake gets cut into, the more layers are shown. “He pushed the magazine full of the heavy yellow shells…” (Hemingway 26). What this is saying is that the Doctor in the story is just messing around in his bed, with his magazine. This is the small part of the iceberg; once under the water, it is totally different. What was really occurring was since the husband and wife do not even have the same bedroom, it is understood that they do not fulfill each other’s needs. The doctor has to pleasure himself instead. When Nick is going to break up with Marjorie, he says “There’s going to be a moon tonight,” (Hemingway 34). He kept bringing up the moon. Usually, whenever Hemingway repeats something multiple times, it is important and must