Recently, I read a novel based on Ernest Hemingway's final days, Adios Hemingway by Cuban writer Leonardo Padura. Near the end, the famous writer suffered extreme bouts of depression. Back then, the doctors prescribed electroconvulsive therapy. This is 1961. I'm not sure if these sessions gave him any relief, but I believe they severely hampered his ability to write. Shortly after his release from a psychiatric hospital, he took his own life with his gun in his own house. This wasn't mentioned in the novel I read, but thirty-five years later - nearly to the day - his granddaughter Margaux Hemingway joined him in a family pattern of suicides. Below I write a brief paragraph about "The Hemingway Curse." In doing so, I attempt to show my students how to incorporate quotations into their essays. I provide them with three basic steps. I highlight the quotation in yellow. I hope this works!
(Introduce It!) Mental illness ran in Ernest Hemingway’s family. The famous author’s father – he was a successful doctor - shot himself with his own handgun. That was just the beginning of the family pattern of suicide. Hemingway’s brother and sister also followed suit. In 1961, Ernest himself followed a stay in a psychiatric hospital for severe depression by shooting himself dead with a shotgun.
(Quote It!) The podcast You Must Remember This devotes an entire episode to the “The Hemingway Curse.” Narrator Michael Schulman explains, ”On one hand it [the family name] represents literary genius and international glamour… On the other hand, the Hemingway legacy is steeped in mental illness, alcoholism, self-destruction, and suicide” (4:59).
(Explain It!) Most of us in English class have read of the tragedy that befell Ernest Hemingway, but few know of the demons that terrorized his granddaughters, Margaux and Mariel. This podcast focuses upon the pressure they must have felt to follow in the footsteps of their famous grandfather’s adventurous spirit. They both seemed to have inherited his talent and attitude. Margaux became a super model at the age of 18. Little sister Mariel, the actress, was nominated for an Oscar in her second movie. Apparently in the Hemingway family manic depressive illness was also passed down through the generations. Margaux is known to have killed herself with an overdose of painkillers at age 41. After her sister committed suicide, Mariel must have realized it was her “turn.” Instead, she chose to dedicate her life to helping others combat mental illness and family pressures. Following seven family suicides, her story is one of survival.
Here is how my Hemingway Curse Quote Sandwich may look at the top of my research paper:
Mental illness ran in Ernest Hemingway’s family. The famous author’s father – he was a successful doctor - shot himself with his own handgun. That was just the beginning of the family pattern of suicide. Hemingway’s brother and sister also followed suit. In 1961, Ernest himself followed a stay in a psychiatric hospital for severe depression by shooting himself dead with a shotgun. The podcast You Must Remember This devotes an entire episode to the “The Hemingway Curse.” Narrator Michael Schulman explains, ”On one hand it [the family name] represents literary genius and international glamour… On the other hand, the Hemingway legacy is steeped in mental illness, alcoholism, self-destruction, and suicide” (4:59). Most of us in English class have read of the tragedy that befell Ernest Hemingway, but few know of the demons that terrorized his granddaughters, Margaux and Mariel. This podcast focuses upon the pressure they must have felt to follow in the footsteps of their famous grandfather’s adventurous spirit. They both seemed to have inherited his talent and attitude. Margaux became a super model at the age of 18. Little sister Mariel, the actress, was nominated for an Oscar in her second movie. Apparently in the Hemingway family manic depressive illness was also passed down through the generations. Margaux is known to have killed herself with an overdose of painkillers at age 41. After her sister committed suicide, Mariel must have realized it was her “turn.” Instead, she chose to dedicate her life to helping others combat mental illness and family pressures. Following seven family suicides, her story is one of survival.
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