Hemingway's 'Last Good Country

Thesis

            Hemingway’s country was best for his survival as it was an imagined border as the fictional north woods reveals a memory that is more passionate holding an imaginative mind in Hemingway.  According to the author, last good country to Hemingway meant a conducive northern air, the best trout fishing in the country, a country that had good air, good freedom with no summer and had lots of paintable substances (John, 5).  

            As a youth, Hemingway was such a rebellious person and was part of the youth revolution in the 1910’s.  He spent much of his time writing though he was addicted to sex and alcohol.  Before he engaged much in his youth events such as bullfighting, hunting and fishing, the northern Michigan inspired his youth experience.  He had a lot of experience in his youth as his father had taught him how to fish along the lake shores and hunts in the forests that neared Lake Michigan.  This was something that he could always go back to through his life (John, 7). 

            The influence that the northern Michigan had on Hemingway life was that nature changed his life and work and this made him work in places like Toronto and Paris in his adulthood career. As his mother had taken him to church and he joined the choir, he had musical experience and this knowledge helped him to share it with his first wife who had a huge interest in playing piano (John, 17). 

            He gained experience with the Native Americans who lived in Michigan as he spent many years with his family in the North Michigan.  This was a sacred place of the Native Americans and Hemingway used to travel so much around the country.  The Native Americans were inspired by his relations with them since his childhood.  He was familiar with the traditions of the Native Americans as his mother usually dressed him in the Native American clothes while he accompanied his father to the Native American rifle shooting and this increased their friendship (John, 20).

            The details in the Indian Camp can be explained in that Hemingway became a doctor who treated many in the Indian camp for free.  His writing reveals his sympathy toward the problems of the Native Americans and his identification with them (John, 20). 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Work cited

Cohassey, John. "Hemingway's 'Last Good Country.'" Detroit Metro Times. 7 July 2010.

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