ipHemingways plane would crash and leave him with very severe injuries (Sands, 113).Hemingway returned to Cuba, but only for a while. He traveled to Idaho, to hisboyhood home in Illinois, but where ever he went there was this terrible depression. Hetried many different kinds of therapy, even shock therapy, but none helped. In fact, theshock therapy affected his memory, which basically destroyed his ability to write, andHemingway was very distressed by that. At the end of 1961, Hemingway shot himself inthe head, ending his life (Loscalzo, 62).After his death, several novels were edited and published, some of them were verygood. But the real impact that Hemingway had after his death, could be seen in everyAmerican short story that followed. And it could be seen on the streets of Havana, whereevery year thousands of fans come to sit and drink where he drank, to sleep where heonce slept, and to fish where he found the peace and serenity to write the perfect book. Hemingway has been imitated, but never equaled, and it will probably be a very long timebefore we see another American with his talent, intelligence, and lust for life, emergewith a piece of writing that can thrill us like Hemingway can. Though biographicalinformation has been disputed (much due to the fact that Ernest was known for histremendous exaggerations), it has been said that to find the truth (about Hemingway),you must first look at his fiction. Hemingways life is in his books, and we all have theopportunity to read it (Miller, 181). ...
