The Hemingway Code Hero Hero Who are some

The Hemingway Code Hero

Hero Who are some famous heroes featured in movies?

Now that you’ve brainstormed a few… …what similarities do you see?

Code A set of rules or guidelines for conduct

Hemingway Code Hero Phillip Young “offer up and exemplify certain principles of honor and courage which, in a life of tension and pain, make a man and distinguish him from the people who follow random impulses [. . . ] and are [. . . ] perhaps cowardly, and without inviolable rules for how to live holding tight. ”

Hemingway Code Hero Qualities • Masculine (Usually) • Heavily Drinks – yet never to excess • Loves dangerous sports: hunting, bullfighting, boxing…etc. • Does not show emotion • Usually wounded physically or psychologically • Commits to his word

Sounds a bit like… …but there’s more!

Grace Under Pressure - Faces death with dignity - Willing to suffer physical and emotional pain silently every day (discipline) - Continues to persevere – even if defeated.

Belief in Nada = Nothing Nada = no external source outside of oneself can provide meaning or purpose. Includes facing death without hope of an afterlife Considered braver than cowering behind “false” religious hopes (remember – bravery in all aspects of life, not just some.

Hemingway Code Hero Qualities • Masculine (Usually) • Heavily Drinks – yet never to excess • Loves dangerous sports: hunting, bullfighting, boxing…etc. • Does not show emotion • Usually wounded physically or psychologically • Commits to his word • Grace Under Pressure • Belief in Nada