Focuses on the association of author Ernest Hemingway's work to specific events in his life by critic Philip Young and criticism of his work by author A. E. Hotchner. Difference between two editions of book "Papa Hemingway: The Ecstasy and Sorrow," by Hotchner, published in 1966 and 1983; Theory used by Young to establish a congruity between Hemingway's life and his literature.