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Hemingway's Professional Life (cont.)
Popular characters in his works: soldiers, hunters, bullfighters, and primitive people.
Themes of his work: Courageous and honest people losing hope in a modern, hectic society
Possibly reflects his own outlook concerning his place in the world
His writing is very dry and descriptive with little plot – draws heavily from past experience
His alcoholism and depression contributed to his eventual suicide
He shot himself in Ketchum, Idaho (1961)
Hemingway Hospitalized
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