Does 'What Ellison is doing here, as Hemingway did, is equating the process of becoming an artist with that of becoming a man.' stand independently of the premise 'The process to becoming a man is long and difficult.', neither following nor contradicting it?
What Ellison is doing here, as Hemingway did, is equating the process of becoming an artist with that of becoming a man.###The process to becoming a man is long and difficult.