Ernest miller hemingway (1899- 196 1), who died, was a famous American novelist in modern times and was once regarded as the representative of the "lost generation". The theme of his works is to praise the sincerity and courage of ordinary people. Hemingway himself is a tough guy who likes drinking, hunting, fishing, boxing and skiing. 1954 Hemingway won the Nobel Prize in Literature for his novella The Old Man and the Sea. However, why did such an enviable writer end his 62-year-old life with a shotgun six years after winning the prize? Fuentes, the prototype of the hero in The Old Man and the Sea, is a poor fisherman who can die 104 years old. Why does a man who has everything choose to die and a man who has nothing choose to live? Camus said that there is only one really serious philosophical problem, and that is suicide. Hemingway believes in Christianity, and suicide is the great sin of Christianity. He is not a naturally melancholy person. After experiencing the emotional turmoil of 1925 (Hemingway was struggling between Hadley and Pauline, and the temptation of emotional remorse and desire almost made him desperate), he thought suicide was a stupid act. So, what made Hemingway finally choose to commit suicide? Coincidentally, three years after winning the Nobel Prize in Literature (1972), the Japanese writer Yasunari Kawabata suddenly died by suicide with a gas pipe, without leaving a suicide note. But he once said in 1962: "It is best not to leave a suicide note. Silent death is infinitely alive. " How "silent death is infinite life"! Referring to Yasunari Kawabata's confession in Yuan Ye in the Sunset: "Honor and status are obstacles. Too much talent will make artists weak-willed, so fragile that they can't stand suffering, and even their talents can't be exerted. On the other hand, reputation can be the root of talents ... If you are an honorary citizen all your life, your mood will be heavier. I hope to get rid of all fame and set me free. " It seems necessary to explore the psychological state of celebrities. Maybe we can get a glimpse of Hemingway's suicide motive? Fame, status, wealth and love have always been great temptations of human beings. Temptation is temptation because it always follows human nature and weakness. In fact, many people live innocent lives, not because they are strong-willed and virtuous, but because they have no reason to make mistakes, or no one is willing to seduce them. So some people say that all geniuses are often immoral, while fools always have a strong sense of morality. As a genius, Hemingway was naturally tempted by many things. Since you eat fireworks, you can't avoid customs. However, for Hemingway, who has achieved great success, there are many troubles besides glory as a celebrity. Moreover, as people say, "how high the building is, how long the shadow is." Because, while applauding celebrities, people often maintain potential surveillance or even denial, and the greater the fame, the closer the surveillance. In this case, celebrities bear the heavy psychological pressure brought by fame and always feel in a dilemma. A few of them became arrogant after becoming famous, while most of them became cautious and taciturn. In these two States, it is difficult for celebrities to make a significant contribution to their careers. How can you be a celebrity without contribution? As Beethoven said: "Famous artists often suffer from fame, making their first work often the highest peak." All the benefits come at a price. It's too cold up there. Success is joyful, but it also brings unprecedented loneliness to successful people. Tagore said: "I climbed to the top and found that there was no shelter in the bare height of fame." To accept height is to be prepared to accept embarrassment, because in the highlands, there is no cover and you have to live in public. In fact, if you really can't bear the weight of fame, you might as well climb down the mountain quietly and settle down in the shade of the world. Why should everyone take part in mountaineering? However, how many celebrities can see through the world of mortals and come down from the mountain? Behind the honor, there are unspeakable difficulties. The emotion that leads to suicide can be regarded as concern for oneself. When a person's real life is in serious conflict with his hopes, when he is extremely dissatisfied with his present situation, he will think of suicide. Hemingway once described his feelings in his acceptance speech: "If he is an excellent writer, he must face eternity, otherwise he will go downhill every day. For a real writer, every time he finishes writing a book, it just marks the beginning of writing a higher level book. " However, on the eve of his suicide, Hemingway "almost completely stopped writing and occasionally wrote a few letters to his friends." In February, Mary asked him to write a few words and attach them to a book for President Kennedy. She bought some paper and cut it into the required width and length. Then he began to write on the long table in the living room. He has been busy all day, only stopping to eat Chinese food. There are more than twenty pieces of written paper on the desk. Obviously, they all failed. At this time, the atmosphere in the room is very tense. Mary waited patiently and then went out for a walk. But when she came back from a walk, he was still writing there. He doesn't like to meet many people. One of them is Dr Xavier. Dr Xavier goes to his house to take his blood pressure every day. He just came and went as if Ernest's life was in his hands. The two of them always sit side by side on the bench under the window at the north end of the living room. Ernest always sat in his old place with a gray sphygmomanometer tied to his upper arm, and said bitterly that he could never write again-there could be no new works. At this point, tears can't help but come to my eyes and flow on my cheeks. "(Baker's Biography of Hemingway) For a real writer, writing is his life. Writer Shi Tiesheng has a famous saying: "Why do people write? The shortest answer is: "In order not to commit suicide." In my opinion, this sentence is not only Shi Tiesheng's attitude towards his fate of paraplegia and uremia, but also an interpretation of Hemingway's suicide. That is, Shi Tiesheng chose to live for writing, while Hemingway chose to die because he could not write. Man has no right to decide his own life, but he can choose to die. When the disappointment of life exceeds the fear of death, people will make up their minds about life. Hemingway, who has always believed that "to live is to live bravely", committed suicide when he could not continue writing like life and could not find a reason to live in this predicament. It should be said that the despair of not being able to create is the root cause of Hemingway's suicide. Physical pain alone is never enough to knock down this tough guy. The day before Hemingway died, he wrote to fuentes, an old fisherman friend: The greatest satisfaction in life is not the satisfaction of one's position, income, love, marriage and family life, but the satisfaction of oneself. Dissatisfaction with himself eventually led to Hemingway's suicide.