January 30 to February 5th

Hemingway talks about his times in Paris and is talking about the most negative parts of the city. He rents a room in a nearby hotel to where he can write. He talks about walking down the street and seeing a bar near by, that he thinks about going into but decides not too because of the smell coming from it. He then moves on and goes to a nice diner instead before going to his hotel.

Hemingway returns to Paris and talks about how the city has "adjusted" to the weather it is experiencing. He struggles but eventually writes a new story and he says quote, "you have to make one true sentence and the rest will follow." I think this is true becuase generally if you try hard at something then the results of that are going to follow. The same is with doing something bad as well. If you do something bad then the consequences are eventually going to follow.

Hemingway talks about the different ways you can walk along a rive in Paris. One particular way has books in English that he likes to take. One seller has books that are left over and another has books in English that they think are worthless and not worth anything. Hemingways gets them for cheap.

Spring finally arrives and Hemingway goes to work while he lets his wife sleep. (I wish my husband would do that). He buys a paper and goes to his home to read the paper before returning to work. He and his wife decide to go to a racetrack after he gets through working. He receives some money from a local newspaper that he writes for, for writing.

I find it so amazing that back them a little money could go a long ways and now days and little bit of money can get you almost nowhere. I think it is neat how back then they could have nothing and still be happy and then now days if you don't have the latest and greatest then you are considered a nobody and you have nothing. I would like to live back in the day for a week just to say that I experienced and I think alot of people should have that opportunity so that maybe it will make them realize that you can have a little or you can have alot and still be just alike. Someone that has nothing and someone that has alot can be just alike and not know it or realize it.