I'm going to start reading Hemmingway's The Sun Also Rises today is there some things I should know about Hemmingway before I start reading? I'm fourteen by the way and my mom said I should wait until at least college year to read it (when she read it).
2007-12-09 02:03:23 · 5 answers · asked by s2 xo Dana 6 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
you can start reading Hemmingway now, but there will be a lot of things that you may not get or understand until you are a bit older. By the time you get to sophmore year of college you'll have a bit more life experience under you belt and will see the same passages that you read at 14 very differently from what you read at 19 or 20 or for that matter what you read at 20 will look different when you reread it at 30 or 40.
Enjoy!
I started reading Hemmingway and DH Lawrence at your age (in honors program English class)
2007-12-09 02:58:27 · answer #1 · answered by Invisigoth 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hemmingway was a drunk. And like most drunks he knew how to wallow in self pitty. He tries to make his character this perfect guy with the exception of having a war injury to his private parts. Only a drunk would come up with a dillusional figure like that for a main character.
2007-12-09 10:14:21 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I lived in Key West in the mid-90's and knew Captain Tony (who was the owner of the bar by the same name in which Hemingway frequented. He frequented all the bars. I once asked Capt. Tony if Hemingway was an ****** and anyone who drank as much as him could write the same sheet. He said yes to both questions. This is 100% true story. Better to read "The Source".
2007-12-09 10:08:53 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
well i would suggest start with "the old man and the sea"
short (only 100 pages or so)
and relatively innocent (not so mature)
so its a good lead into hemmingway
also its an amazing story
anyway... your never to young to read anything if you have the right mind for it and the ability to comprehend complex things... if at 14 your mature... sure go for it...
good luck
2007-12-09 14:25:40 · answer #4 · answered by ver 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think there's anything wrong with getting a heads start, but there are definitely some nuances you might not understand. Look at Sparknotes.com, or google his name, this should give you a biography of him and maybe some helpful links.
2007-12-09 10:07:16 · answer #5 · answered by Flugs 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋