Ernest Miller Hemingway was born on July 21, 1899, in Oak Park, Illinois. His father's name was Clarence Edmonds Hemingway, a physician, and his mother, Grace Hall Hemingway, was a performer/musician. Ernest participated in many activities before becoming a writer, author and inspiration. He was interested and ended up taking up activities such as boxing, track and field, water polo and football. When Ernest found time, he was manager of the track team and wrote for the school newspaper. “Ernest used a false name when writing for his school newspaper.” (lostgeneration.com) Ernest's academic life was spent primarily through music and writing. Ernest's family was close-knit and took many trips involving everyone. He grew up in a strong Christian home, which included going to church every week and reading the Bible. His family took summer trips to Michigan where the mother sang music and his father taught the boys to fish and hunt. After several setbacks, Hemingway found a way to join World War I and share his experiences. He had difficulty entering World War I due to an eye injury sustained during a boxing match in the past. He was disappointed that he couldn't fight for his country. So, unable to join the war, he moved to Italy. In Italy, Ernest becomes an ambulance driver for the army. His duty was to return dead or injured soldiers to the hospital as quickly as possible. He loved hanging out at the hospital with the nurses and not being in danger. PERSONAL LIFE Ernest fell in love with a nurse during World War I, Agnes von Kurowsky W. One day he was called to the front to bring chocolate and cigarettes, which later resulted in him injuring both of his legs. This injury caused him... middle of paper ......ple; that's all that really matters. Works cited on the Internet: • “The life, major works and achievements of Ernest Hemingway” StudyMode.com. 09 2013. 2013. 09 2013 .• www.onlineinformation.org/hemingway• www.biographyonline.com• http://www.lib.udel.edu/ud/spec/exhibits/hemngway/intro.htm• http:/ /www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1954/hemingway-bioBooks:• Ernest Hemingway, et al, The Only Thing That Matters: The Ernest Hemingway-Maxwell Perkins Correspondence, University of South Carolina Press, 1999, 335. • Ernest Hemingway, “The Story and Its Writer,” ed. Ann Charters, Bedford/St. Martin's, 1999, 652. • Nest Hemingway, “The Snows of Kilimanjaro,” The Short Stories (Scribner, 1995), 60. • Le Nouvelles, 213.• Les Nouvelles, unnumbered page.