why does hemingway associate michigan with masculinity? ernest hemingway: a man’s man
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Why does Hemingway associate Michigan with masculinity?
Ernest Hemingway: A Man’s Man
Hemingway the Hunter
Hemingway the Boxer
Hemingway the Ladies’ Man
Hemingway the Scary Man
Hemingway was one Macho DudeBut he held a deep secret.Until the age of 6, he was raised as a girl,
not as a boy.See, his mother desperately wanted to
have twin girls, so he dressed Hemingway as a girl to match his older sister.
His mother called him “Ernestine.”She even held his sister back in school so
they could appear as twins!
Ernestine
Ernestine
Ernestine
Where could he be masculine?MichiganDuring the summer, Ernest Hemingway’s
dad would bring him to Michigan.There, he could dress and act as a boy.One could say he became overly masculine
in Michigan, to compensate for being dressed as a girl, and this is evident in the story “Up in Michigan.”
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