The Hemingway Code seems like to me is his idea of what a man should be. I can see some of these rules as beneficial and could live by them but I don't agree with the part about hiding behind false religious hopes. I am a Christian and I believe that there is a God and an afterlife and if I am luck and live my life by the Bible, I will go to Heaven some day. I can do all that manly stuff like never show emotion and endure pain in silence. I don't no why these are only geared toward men though, they sound like good traits for everyone to have.
I do see some of these rules come out in his writing, such as in the story of The Short, Happy Life of Francis Macomber, while the guys are hunting, Robert Wilson was always talking about not fearing the animals they were hunting. When he didn't face up to his fears and kill the lion, his wife treated him like he was a coward and shunned him away. I don't know if she felt ashamed of him or disappointed in him because she thought he was less of a man and wanted him to man up. People are who they are and shouldn't try to be anyone else to please someone. If a person don't like who you are and what you stand for they don't have to stay around. Be yourself, an original!
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