Author: Ernest HemingwayBooks: “For Whom the Bell Tolls” and “Farewell to Arms” Ernest Hemingway's early life experiences, hunting trips and fishing days spent during the Spanish Civil War and World War I shaped his writing style and strongly influenced his literary works. Hemingway's war experiences provided him with the basis for two novels; For Whom the Bell Tolls and Farewell to Arms. A hallmark of Hemingway's novels is his short, choppy writing style which, through its calculated repetition, allows readers to remember what was said. Through his early experiences as an ambulance driver and war reporter, Hemingway was able to understand the brutality of war and provide a basis for his novels. On July 21, 1899, Ernest Hemingway was born in the town of Oak Park, Illinois, just south of Chicago. His father, Clarence, was a doctor and his word...