Ernest Hemingway Research Paper

Ernest Hemingway: Less is More “My aim is to put down on paper what I see and what I feel in the best and simplest way.” (Ernest Hemingway 1). This quote by Ernest Hemingway perfectly defines the writing style he uses in all of his works. Ernest’s works were much different than many others at the time. While many of his works involve similar themes, his many unique styles of writing made them each unique. The four central techniques Hemingway used are abundant usage of dialogue, direct and simplistic writing, creating works the general public can understand, and the use of his very own “Iceberg Technique”.

To begin with, a notable aspect of Ernest Hemingway’s works is his usage of dialogue. Hemingway is different in that he lets dialogue do the storytelling for him. Rather than having a narrator tell most of the story with breaks for dialogue, Hemingway creates his novels the other way around including an abundance of dialogue and minimal narration. A second interesting way he utilizes dialogue is that he makes his characters sound like real people talking, rather than using complex verbiage or incomprehensible slang. This makes his writing easier

While most literature focuses on extreme detail and description, Hemingway actually does the exact opposite. He rarely uses adjectives in his writing at all let alone focuses the entire work on them. A second way he uses a simple writing style is by using lots of nouns. Nouns are the simplest part of speech, and since Hemingway’s goal was to write in the simplest manner possible, nouns were used frequently. A possible reason for his simplistic style could be his background in newspaper (My English Pages 1). He grew up writing articles that simply summarized what happened in the shortest, straight-forward way possible. With his journalistic background, its is likely that his direct, simplistic writing style was an effect of his