Today, you will be researching your photo. Start by answering the questions below. (Example of expectations provided).
Questions:
1. Who took
the picture?
2. Who is in
the picture?
3. What is
happening in the picture?
4. What is
the title of the photograph (if there is no tiltle, simply write untitled?)
5. When did
the picture take place and in what year (era)?
6. Where is
the photo taken? If possible, where are they now? or What has changed
since the photo was taken?
7. How does the
photo effect you?
8. How does
the photo contribute to making the world a better place?
9. What is
the major conflict within the picture?
10. What is
the theme (at least the theme topic) of the photograph?
Hemingway Posing with a
Shotgun
Who took the picture? There is no official
photographer for this picture. This
picture was on the internet courtesy of the John F. Kennedy Library. He was living with his fourth wife Mary Welsh
Hemingway, so it could have been her taking the picture.
Who is in the picture? In the picture Ernest Hemingway is holding a
12 gauge Scott double barrel rifle.
What is happening in the picture? Hemingway is posing
with his gun. He is holding the gun in a
ready-to-attack mode. He also appears to
have two types of bandages on his arm and he isn’t wearing a shirt. He seems to
be very serious. Probably drunk.
What is the title of the photograph (if there is no
tiltle, simply write untitled?)
I could not locate the
title of this photograph.
When did the picture take place and in what year
(era)?
The photo was taken in 1952 while Hemingway was living in Cuba. Supposedly a few nights after this photograph
was taken Hemingway heard some noises outside his place, grabbed a .22 and
fired into the night. Supposedly there
was blood on the ground the next morning but there were no official reports of
him killing anyone that night.
Where is the photo taken? If possible, where are
they now? or What has changed since the photo was taken? The photo was taken in
Cuba in what appears to be the livingroom of Hemingway’s place. 10 years after this photo was taken, Heminway
would kill himself in Ketchum Idaho with this gun. I think today, someone in
Hemingway’s condition would not be allowed to own/possess guns.
How does the photo affect you? Hemingway shot
himself with this rifle in Ketchum, Idaho in 1962. Hemingway was one of, if not, the greatest
writers ever to live. I think overall, I
love the irony of this picture.
Hemingway was just a bad***.
How does the photo contribute to making the world a
better place?
This photo could serve as both an
anti-suicide photo and a gun control photo.
Hemingway, in 1962, should not have had access to guns. If a license is granted, it should be able to
be revoked similar to a driver’s license.
Hemingway had a history of depression and was a severe alcoholic, two
aspects that should have caused his family to remove him from guns.
What
is the major conflict within the picture?
The major conflict of this photograph
comes from what I researched above. The
major conflict is person vs. self. I
believe struggled with his manliness.
Not to say he was gay (though that has been written about), but
Hemingway appears to go above and beyond what it means to be a “man.” He fought in wars, he reported for wars, he
hunted in Africa, he married four times, he was drunk in Paris all the time and
he had guns, guns, guns. To protect
himself? Did his wife like that? Did she feel safe? Did he know that one day he would kill
himself?
What
is the theme (at least the theme topic) of the photograph?
The theme of this photograph is the end is
always near. Much like the poem “Auto
Wreck” in that when the end will come is completely unknown. Also, how the end will come may seem
surprising, but may be in front of your face all along. When Hemingway bought this gun I imagine that
he didn’t say, “Well yes, this will be a good suicide weapon.” But that’s exactly what it was.
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