People I admire – Ernest Hemingway

When i was 20, i decided to take a solo 2 week trip to surf Puerto Rico. TWA bumped my up to first class where i was seated beside a model named Irena. Sounds like a Seinfeld episode, i know. She was very beautiful and i quickly fell in love. She was very friendly and we talked the whole flight. the one thing i remember about our conversation was her asking me who i liked to read. I had no answer. I decided that i would never lack an answer to that question again.

I went to the library when i got home and took out A farewell to Arms and For Whom the Bell Tolls. i read AFTA that day, finishing at 2.30am. I was hooked. Began FWBT, liked it even more. The Sun Also Rises soon after. i drank it all in. I think the best Short Story ever written is "The short happy life of francis macomber."

I changed my major to english because of Ernest Hemingway. I pretty much credit him for my appreciation and love of the english language