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Ernest Hemingway was a commanding figure in 20th-century literature. He began the original ____51____ of his first novel, “The Sun Also Rises,” which he finished in just nine weeks during the summer of 1925. Through his____52____with F. Scott Fitzgerald, Hemingway's work came to the notice of Charles Scribner publishers, who published "The Sun Also Rises" in 1926. This was Hemingway's breakthrough, proving to be both a commercial and critical success. It ushered in a new writing style for which the world was more than ready. However, not everyone
was ____53____.
In 1929, Fitzgerald also suggested numerous revisions for “A Farewell to Arms.” Hemingway took some of these, but less ____54____, and soon afterward his friendship with Fitzgerald came to an end.
As Hemingway's start elevated, his private life began to be revealed. He had frequent fallings out with his literary pals as he started to____55____ the role of the master to their apprenticeships. His temper was volcanic and would sometimes lead to fist fights.
In 1937, he made the decision to ____56____ the Spanish Civil War. Hemingway arrived in Spain as a reporter for the American newspaper Alliance. His months in Spain provided the____57____ for Hemingway's best-selling novel about the civil war, "For Whom the Bell Tolls".
During the late 1940's Hemingway's excessive drinking began to take a toll on his physical and mental health. For the first time, the quality of his writing began to suffer, which was hugely frustrating for him. For the first time Hemingway felt the sting of literary rejection. However, he completed his next novel in just 8 weeks. "The Old Man and the Sea" became the____58____ work of his career, silencing the critics and ____59____the 1953 Pulitzer Prize for Literature.
In 1960, he was ____60____to the Mayo Clinic and given electroshock therapy to treat his depression. This robbed the master wordsmith of his greatest writing tool – his memory. Ernest Hemingway committed suicide with his favorite hunting rifle on July 2, 1961.