"The Sun Also Rises"

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The paper describes the character, Lady Brett Ashley, in Ernest Hemingway's "The Sun Also Rises" as having an aimless and unsatisfying life. The novel has a post WWI setting and the paper shows how Brett's search for love and the general aimless mood of the characters in this novel are said to be symbolic of the entire Lost Generation's search for the values of love and romance before the war shattered their belief in justice, morality and manhood.

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"Brett is viewed as an apprentice, rather than an exemplar or anti-exemplar, it is not because of her aimlessness, but due to her obsessive need of companionship. While Jake may wander from bar to bar, he knows himself, and is coming to terms no matter how painful with his lot in life. Brett, on the other hand fears her own self, her own strength. She knows the power she has over others but she is afraid. She is not comfortable with who she is even though she plays the part excellently. She is still searching for the part of herself that will allow her enough peace to be alone. Brett is studying human nature. She is an apprentice of life and her own powers and strengths. She is an expert only at playing the part she has come to play so well."

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