Ji-Hae Kim Assignment 1

Susan Ludvigson alluded to Hemingway in "Inventing My Parents: After Edward Hopper's Nighthawks, 1942." "They sit in the bright cafe, discussing Hemingway and how this war will change them." Hemingway was part of the lost generation. His writing style and subject matter were new and fresh to the 1920s. He is regarded as one of the "movers and shakers" of his generation. His stories supposedly captured what life was like back then thematically. Alluding to him, the poet added a certain depth to what she meant by how the war would change them. It also made it so she didn't have to specifically say which war she was referring to. The allusion to the lost generation of disillusioned young American writers help add to the theme that war changes a society and its values. Hemingway is a strong example of one of the people whose life was changed by World War II.