What Is The Difference Between Ernest Hemingway And Jd Salinger

Ernest Hemingway and J.D. Salinger were men who paved their existence through written word, men whose stories defined a generation and inspired millions. While they are world famous authors, it is not a commonly known fact that the lifestyles and traits that are painted into the characters they create are in fact an identical reflection of their own lives. Unfortunately, just as our opinions are formed by our past, these characters are defined by their authors’ personal experiences have obvious biases because of so. When one puts this into perspective when reading Ernest Hemingway’s biography and his short story Soldier’s Home along with J.D. Salinger’s biography and his novel The Catcher in the Rye, it is obvious that when an author uses

"Thanks to the manipulations of his mother, Hemingway did not enjoy a normal childhood...He always referred to his mother as 'that bitch.' (Lynn 27) He traveled to Kansas City but that wasn’t enough. He wanted to leave the country but didn’t have the money as his writing career hadn’t kicked off yet. So what’s the only logical way to travel to Europe for free? Join the military to fight in World War I of course! Although he was rejected at first for having a defective eye, he was eventually accepted into the military but was only allowed to become an ambulance driver. Because of this he saw a lot of action, but never really did any of the shooting himself. "He participated in World War I as an irregular" (McKenna 6) This resulted in him not having many interesting stories to share after the war was over, so he would often lie to impress others. During the war, he sustained injuries from flying shrapnel and had to be hospitalized. There, he fell madly in love with a nurse and proposed to her... She said no. This only added to the already prominent bias towards females which started with his mother. After the war, Hemingway stayed in Paris where his writing was starting to draw more attention. Most of his stories, one

Salinger was madly in love with Oona and wrote numerous letters to her as often as he could. But he learns through a newspaper shipped overseas that she has taken an interest in extremely famous actor and director Charlie Chaplin who she later marries. Holden in the same way was obviously in love with Jane Gallagher just as Salinger was in love with Oona. After years of not having any contact with her, Holden learns that Stradlater, a handsome and popular boy who rooms with Holden at Pencey, is going on a date with Jane. Salinger's angry reaction to the discovery of Oona’s new lover is reflected in Holden's angry actions over Stradlater and Jane. Salinger shows his anger through his writing while Holden shows his anger by getting into a fight with Stradlater, which leaves him with a bloody