Ernest Hemingway 4

Ernest Hemingway best exemplifies his hero code in his novels The Sun Also Rises and The Old Man and The Sea through his protagonists Jake Barnes and Santiago. The honor code for each of these characters means avoiding and struggling against the meaninglessness of life (nada) and instead embracing a passion for life which they demonstrate by means of their actions and feelings. The Hemingway code embodies principles that govern the actions of Hemingway’s …showed first 75 words of 2224 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2224 total…out canceling out chances for success” (92). This year, 1999, marks the one-hundredth year since the birth of Hemingway. Because of this anniversary, Hemingway’s greatness as an American writer is being especially celebrated this year. The two works considered in this paper- The Sun Also Rises and The Old Man and The Sea- are representative examples of his greatness. They not only tell interesting stories but they treat an important human theme - the hero code.