emingway met Mason in Paris and later was reaquainted with her in Cuba. “Jane and her husband, Grant lived in some style at Jaimanitas, just west of Havana” (Baker, 1969, P. 228). Grant traveled frequently which gave Jane the freedom to have an affair with Ernest. (Meyers, 1985, P. 244) Jane loved drinking and fishing, two vices that were engaging to Hemingway. Their affair discontinued for a short time during which Pauline and Ernest would travel to Africa and Europe, but resumed promptly after their return in May 1934. (Baker, 1969, P. 246) “His bitter break with Jane in April 1936 made him all the more receptive to Martha Gellhorn.” Martha would soon become Hemingway’s third wife. (P. 256)Hemingway’s love for fishing and Cuba’s surrounding water inspired him to purchase a custom built cruiser named Pilar, after the patron saint of Zaragoza. (P. 280) Toby Bruce was Hemingway’s first mate and another example of a friend being portrayed in a novel. Bruce was the model for the character Santiago in The Old Man In The Sea. Hemingway respected Bruce for his ability as a boat captain and as a marvelous cook; respect for another was a rare for this writer Ernest Hemingway revealed much about himself through his fictional writings. He also managed to incorporate political awareness with his prose by revealing his experiences in Cuba. His novel To Have and To Have Not was his first example. “Hemingway supports the revolution that overthrows the tyrannical Machado regime in Cuba, but also condemns the bloodthirsty revolutionaries.” (P. 293) The novel was written over a five- year period and included incidents such as the following. Pauline and Ernest arrived in Havana on August 4, 1933 while “the leftist revolution against the Cuban dictator, Gerardo Machado, was rapidly approaching its climax.” Hemingway’s activity with marlin fishing and living under ...
