Ernest Hemingway, an American novelist writes in a manner that "uses a simple, forceful prose style characterized by simple sentences and few adjectives or adverbs. He writes crisp, precise dialogue and exact descriptions of places and things” (Kramer), to reflect his thoughts and life lessons. Hemingway, apart from what is considered the "Lost Generation", wrote extensively about the society that existed at the time of the World Wars and how they (the Lost Generation) struggled to adapt to the changes in society. society after the wars. Through this and his personal experiences, Hemingway reveals his own thoughts on women. After reading Hemingway's short stories, "Hills Like White Elephants", "The Cat in the Room", "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber" and his novel "A Farewell to Arms", it is clear that 'Hemingway combines his ability to tell a story and the ironic situations that occur between a man and a woman to prove that men sacrifice their future personal growth because of the manipulation and criticism that love entails. Looking at Ernest Hemingway's life, we can see that he was emotionally affected by his relationships as a young man. Hemingway goes through the story in various relationships, all of which contain problems and continue to fail to satisfy his wants or needs. This leaves him constantly searching for the “right woman.” As Hemingway grew older, he wrote negative writings towards his relationships in and out of marriage. Hemingway had four wives and his experiences with them all are reflected in his writings. Hemingway not only talks about his personal relationships regarding his feelings towards women, but also his relationship with his parents. In "The Hemingway Women", written by Bernice ...... middle of paper ......es). However, if the emotional feeling of love is destroyed because it is supposedly unreal or because reality overtakes it, then man sacrifices his emotional growth. His emotional growth is put on hold by hiding behind sexual desires and encounters. I will assert that not all situations involving love resemble this philosophy; But this philosophy of Hemingway is best reflected in the novel “A Farewell to Arms”. Works Cited Hemingway, Ernest. A farewell to arms. New York: Scribner Classics, 1997. Print. Hemingway, Ernest. Selected letters 1917-1961. Ed. Carlos Boulanger. New York: Scribner, 1981. Print.Hemingway, Ernest. The short stories: the first forty-nine (1921-1938). New York: Simon and Schuster, 1995. Print. Kert, Bernice. The Hemingway women. New York: Norton and Company, 1999. Print. Kramer, Victor A. “Ernest Hemingway.” PBS. PBS and Web. April 6. 2014.