Writing Styles Of Ernest Faulkner And The Sun Also Rises...

Anthony Bradt Mr. Passudetti English 11 AP Period 5 21 November 2014 Writing Styles of Hemingway and Faulkner The style of an authors writing can often be the key to understanding the emotions and thoughts that they want to convey onto the reader. Sometimes the comparison of various authors can show how different styles of writing bring different events and characters into play. This is particularly true with the authors William Faulkner and Earnest Hemingway. Their writing styles are exponentially different, but both authors use their differing styles to their advantage. In both The Sun Also Rises by Earnest Hemingway and As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner, characters face issues such as feeling alienated and lost. The characters in As I Lay Dying deal with their issues through more complex thoughts and irrational actions, which is illustrated through complex language showing a controlled chaos. Hemingway’s simplistic language shows that Jake, the main character, has issues that are deeper rooted than they seem. The use of diction and style in these stories helped to make them pieces of classic American literature. Earnest Hemingway’s style of writing is clearly shown in the novel The Sun Also Rises. Hemingway’s simplistic language can be used within the novel to leave the reader with a clear understanding of Hemingway’s view of a particular figure or situation. When describing Robert Cohn, Jake states writes â€Å"I never met any one of his class who remembered him. They did