Monday, 6 February 2017
Sunday, 5 February 2017
Journal Entry 1: Quote
Quote: “ There is no friend as loyal as a book." ~ Ernest Hemingway
Commentary:
Ernest Hemingway was an American author and journalist, born in the village Oak Park in Illinois, on the date of July 21, 1899. He had written articles for his high school newspaper about sports, which was named “Trapeze and Tabula" and went to work for a newspaper company right after his graduation. He was renowned for the books named “A Farewell to Arms" and “The Old Man and the Sea." His novel “ A Farewell to Arms" was based on his grueling and painful experiences as an ambulance driver in World War One and after a tragic heartbreak, and the other novel “ The Old Man and the Sea" had won the 1953 Pulitzer Award. Hemingway had won the Nobel Prize in Literature in the year of 1954. Even though Hemingway was a successful author and journalist, he had suffered from depression and high blood pressure. Unfortunately, he had passed away by committing suicide on the date of July 2, 1661.
In his years of being alive, he may have said “ there is no friend as loyal as a book" in dedication for his love of reading books. The following quote means that books are loyal friends because they will never abandon or betray a person. A book will always stay in your life unless a person sells it or gives it away to someone else. In addition, a novel can entertain a person and catch a person's attention by an interesting story or type of literature. This certain quote caught my attention and stood out from other quotes about books because I could easily relate to this as I am an avid reader myself. I have read numerous books during my lifetime and viewed books as my friends. There has never been a single time that a novel had betrayed me. I will keep reading books and types of literature in my spare time. Therefore, reading will always be my loved hobby.
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