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Later in life, he read at a gathering in Paris a poem he penned in mockery of a woman who had attempted suicide because of her abortion, which shocked their many mutual friends in attendance.
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Hills Like White Elephants (1927) - in the public domain, can be interpreted as having a pro-life message
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The Sun Also Rises (1926) - in the public domain; made into a film in 1957
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→Quotes: masculine observations
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→Religious views: The lack of humor in his writings suggests that he may have been an atheist, though not a militant one.
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His writing was refreshingly masculine in style, but humorless.
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→Political views: His surviving wife Mary denied that Hemingway supported Castro's revolution, and observed that they met only once and chatted only about fishing
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→Political views: Hemingway attempted to become a spy for the communist KGB in the 1940s by meeting with Soviet agents in Havana and London, according to ''Spies: The Rise and Fall of the KGB in America'' (Yale University Press).
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steering it towards literary minimalism with reduced use of adverbs, greater symbolism, and conciseness
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Although Hemingway ultimately moved out of Cuba and died in Idaho in 1961, he was put on a Cuban postage stamp by Fidel Castro in 1964. As explained by one commentator
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His writing was very masculine in style
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His novel ''For Whom the Bell Tolls'' established his reputation, while ''The Old Man and the Sea'' is considered his masterpiece.
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He admired the manliness of actor Gary Cooper, the star of High Noon
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Some interpret -- perhaps incorrectly -- the flaws in Hemingway's masculine characters as a criticism of masculinity itself.
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