Hemingway

I think that the time that I am writing this blog, only a small portion of class will have an idea of what they are going to read for their independent reading. People might wonder that since I am writing about independent reading that if I have a book already decided for it. In fact, I already do. Instead of reading three books by three different authors, I decided to concentrate on one single author. The author I chose is Ernest Hemingway, one of the most influencial writers of the 20th century.

Photograph of Hemingway



People might ask, why Hemingway? There are various reasons why I chose Hemingway. It was in 7th grade that I read my first novel by him, The Old man and the sea. I enjoyed the book alot, and I tried reading his other major works but back then my reading skills were not high enough for Hemingway's writing. So given an author to study for our independent reading, Hemingway was definitely the first author that came up in my mind.

Out of Hemingway's works, the three novels I chose to conduct his author studies are For whom the bell tolls, The Sun also rises, and A Farewell to Arms. These three books are all considered his major work and his masterpieces. For my first reading I chose For whom the bell tolls since it is the longest out of the three, and I am least chained by my college apps right now compared to the following months.