Terse writing

>>9173864
I dropped 'A Farewell to Arms' when I was a little brainlet, because I fucking hated his style.

I've since gone on only to read 'Old Man and the Sea' by him, but even that didn't impress me stylistically.

I still maintain that OMatS is a great novel that could have been written better by any other (great) author.

>>9173864
The first Hemingway I read was 'The Sun Also Rises,' and I found it boring for the majority of it until I got to the bullfighting scene. At that point I kind of conceded that perhaps Hemingway wasn't a waste.

Then I read For Whom the Bell Tolls and although sometimes it was challenging to stick with it, it genuinely moved me, almost to tears at some points and I no longer thing Hemingway is overrated.

My high school English teacher hated him too. I feel like Hemingway is the first step to not being a plebian brainlet. Once I realized my initial opinion of him was wrong, it made me more open to "challenging" stuff that seems inaccessible at first (of course now, calling Hemingway inaccessible feels ridiculous).

Have't read 'A Farewell to Arms' yet but I'm looking forward to reading it soon.

Hemingway's prose is lean and masculine, like a penis. A fantastic penis, as strong as a giant marlin, yet as delicate as a flower wrapped in silk. What a grand, grand penis.

Oh no, an 18.5 year old who's halfway through his introduction to college lit doesn't like hemingway!

Guys, we ALL need to talk about this!