'The Sun Also Rises'

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This paper takes a look at one of Ernest Hemingway's most critically acclaimed novels, 'The Sun Also Rises'. According to the paper, this work depicts a plot filled with possible real life occurrences in life and love, themes surrounding a post war psychology and a group of characters with seemingly aimless wanderlust, reflective of their war experiences. The paper goes on to discuss the structure of this book.

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"Each character builds a case for his or her own actions through dialogue with the others and through their actions yet the characters that stand out are definitely those who are expressive of historical loss. Jake, seems defeated and resolute to live the life of a eunuch, even though reminders of the past and especially being around Brett make him clearly angry and sullen. He is the outsider of the group watching as others collect experiences of the world. He is the one that insightfully knows that the others are simply avoiding the inevitable mundane that will eventually envelope their lives. This is expressed well in his narration as he describes the actions and feelings of others as expressions of avoidance. His descriptions of Robert as a man who has tried to find his youth in a book namely The Purple Land by W.H. Hudson, which according to Jake is a book meant to be read in one's youth rather than at the ripe age of 35 when one should not set their sights so high as the romantic and youthful expressions of such a work. (Hemingway 17) You can also see Jake's character development in his description of Francis, Robert's girlfriend and eventually his wife as a woman who is desperately seeking marriage to Robert because she has become aware that she has lost her beauty, she is avoiding the reality of her predicament, that Robert does not love her, by holding her man with a death grip of jealousy. "

Sample of Sources Used:

• Bloom, Harold, ed. Brett Ashley. New York: Chelsea House, 1991. Questia. 14 Apr. 2006 <http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=99671336>.
• Defazio, Albert J. "Ernest Hemingway's 'The Sun Also Rises': A Casebook." The Hemingway Review 22.2 (2003): 104+. Questia. 14 Apr. 2006 <http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=5001964789>.
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