Ernest Hemingway was born July 21, 1899, in Oak Park, Chicago. He was the second of six children born at his grandfather's house on North Oak Park Avenue. When Hemingway was just seven weeks old, the family moved to Bear Lake which his father had purchased the summer before.
             Hemingway was not christened until October first at the First Congregational Church. Hemingway spent most of his younger years on the shore at Bear Lake where he caught his first fish at the age of three. At the age of six, Hemingway's grandfather died. The Hemingway family chose to sell the grandfather's house and move to another residence. Hemingway's new household was very strict. Especially in religious cases. Disobedience was punished by lashes by Hemingway's father or a hairbrush from his mother.
             While Hemingway's mother taught music and creativity, his father taught his children to love nature. He taught them how to survive in nature and insisted on proper handling of guns, rods, and tackle. He also taught Ernest physical courage and endurance. When Ernest was twelve years old he received a single barrel, twenty gauge shotgun. This present brought many made up stories in which he was always the hero. It was also then that he first attempted writing on the side of singing at the Third Congregational Church.
             At the brink of adolescence, Ernest developed into an all around kind of a guy. "Afraid of Nothing"1 appeared to be his motto . He loved nature and made sure to uphold the code of physical courage and endurance, and doing things properly in which his father taught him.
             He attended River Forest Township High School where he was a journalist for the school's newspaper. After Hemingway graduated, he attempted to enlist into the army for World War I. He was rejected because of an eye injury caused by boxing. He landed a job as a reporter for the Kansas City Star instead. Hemingway r...