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An Analysis of Hemingway’s Suicide 　　【Abstract】In the world， many people， including some outstanding literati and scholars， commit suicide at young age or middle age every year for complicated reasons. Hemingway remained one of the most famous American writers till today. His literary fame is indisputable. Unfortunately， he ended his life by suicide. This paper focuses on analyzing the reasons of his suicide from different aspects to warn the readers to love life. 【Key words】analysis； Hemingway； commit suicide； reasons Born on July 21， 1899 at Oak Park， Ernest Hemingway lived a fairy-tale childhood and successful life. It seemed that there were no reasons for him to kill himself. It is strange that a happy life may be positive to common people， but it was the root causes of tragedy to some literati. I’ll analyze the reasons of Hemingway’s suicide from the following aspects. Ⅰ. Social background Coming out of World WarⅠ， Hemingway found himself lost. Being afflicted by the local customs and beliefs， having seen the cruelty and deceptiveness of the war and experience the dispersal of the patriotism， he fell into an overall disillusionment and nihilism. He got hurt by the war and became numb， stopping thinking and believing. If he found the pains in life unbearable， he indulged himself in drinking to numb his thinking； if he realized the death of love， he turned to believing in sex； if everything collapsed and nothing left， it was still all right to him. He would begin believing in nothing. Ⅱ. Personal experience When Hemingway was very young， he joined a volunteer ambulance unit in France， gained transfer to the Italian front， suffered serious injuries but had survived. After World War I he reported battles in the Near East for the Toronto Star， in 1922 settled in Paris and mixed in the literary circles， especially in the expatriate group， for which Paris was famous in the 1920s. Disillusioned by the loss of faith and hope， the expatriate intellec