Book Review #3, A Moveable Feast

There are plenty of authors that have came and went and attempted to prove their genius qualities through their writing. However, none will even come close to the way  Ernest Hemingway approaches his genius qualities in his novel, A Moveable Feast. In the novel, Hemingway displays his vitality, creativity, and sensitivity by navigating the reader on his personal journey across Paris. The first thing that is conspicuous in the novel is the way Hemingway adapts to Paris, not only by finding his way through the streets, but also by adapting to the people there as well. A suitable case is when Hemingway invites an acquaintance to a horse racing game and invites her to have a chat as well. His vitality in this case in point is prominent, because it shows Hemingway growing comfortable in Paris through the sights and through the people he encounters. Furthermore, Hemingway displays his creative side throughout the novel, through the remarks he creates as he writes his personal experiences in the memoir. The biggest example of this is when he describes a colleague, Scott Fitzgerald, as a "man who looked like a boy with a face between handsome and pretty." This remark ensures Hemingway's creativity as a writer because he turns a simple experience with an acquaintance and turns it into something entertaining. Finally, Hemingway also proves himself as a genius due to the fact that he displays himself as a responsive human being emotionally. In the beginning of the memoir, Hemingway finds an attractive woman in a cafe but is scared to approach her. Later in the first chapter, he expresses his regret on not approaching her. This scenario is vital to proving Hemingway's sensitivity, because it shows he is responsive to the people that surround him. These scenarios prove that he is a genius because these are the type of scenarios that me and the society surrounding me can relate to. Despite the time gap between today and Hemingway's time period, Hemingway proves that many people in society can adapt to their surrounding environment and the people that are being encountered. Society can also relate to the fact that people respond emotionally to other people, just like Hemingway showed feelings towards the girl in the cafe. Hemingway is a genius because he shows human qualities such as vitality, creativity, and sensitivity and put them into personal experiences that many people can relate too.