Ernest Hemingway"But man is not made for defeat," he said. "A man can be destroyed but not defeated." (Hemingway, 29). This is one of the lines that Ernest Hemingway uses in one of his books, entitled “The Old Man and the Sea”. It was published in 1952 and won the Pulitzer Prize the following year. The story of the journey of an old fisherman, his long and lonely struggle with the fish and the sea, was considered the most popular of all his works. Luckily for this well-known author, he has many more books, novels, and short stories that his readers enjoy. Ernest Hemingway was born in Oak Park, Illinois, on July 21, 1899 (Oliver, 1999). He was an author and journalist and began his writing career in 1917, working for The Kansas City Star as a reporter. Hemingway was not only known for his works, considered classics of American literature, but also for his adventurous lifestyle and public image. His parents, Clarence Edmonds and Grace Hall-Hemingway, were both highly educated. Clarence, his father, was a doctor and his mother, a musician. They were also highly respected in their community (Reynolds, 2000). Apparently, Hemingway didn't like his mother, but he had her energy and enthusiasm. Personally, the relationship with his mother seemed strange and a little sad. Hemingway was enrolled at Oak Park and River Forest High School from 1913 to 1917. He was involved in many sports, excelled in English classes, and performed in the school orchestra. for two years. His sister Marcelline also played with him in the school orchestra (Reynolds, 2000). The main reason for this was because the mother insisted that her children play some instrument. Since he didn't want to, his inner thoughts and feelings towards... middle of paper ....... Works CitedMcLain, P. (2012, May 29). Hemingway's Wives. The Huffington Post. Retrieved April 23, 2014, from http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paulamclain/post_3424_b_1553339.htmlOliver, Charles. (1999). Ernest Hemingway from A to Z: the essential reference to life and work. New York: Checkmark Publishing. "The Nobel Prize for Literature 1954". The Nobel Foundation. Retrieved April 24, 2014. Reynolds, Michael. (2000). Ernest Hemingway: A Brief Biography A Historical Guide to Ernest Hemingway in Wagner-Martin, Linda (ed.). Oxford: Oxford UP. Meyers, Jeffrey. (1985). Hemingway: a biography. New York: Macmillan.Mitgang, H. (1982, September 14). LEICESTER HEMINGWAY, WRITER AND ERNEST'S BROTHER, COMMITS SUICIDE. The New York Times. Retrieved April 24, 2014, from http://www.nytimes.com/1982/09/15/obituaries/leicester-hemingway-writer-and-ernest-s-brother-is-suicide.html