"The Sun Also Rises"

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This paper compares Hemingway's portrayal of values and masculinity in "The Sun Also Rises" to two of his other famous works, "Soldier's Home" and "The Snows of Kilimanjaro." The paper first defines the code and hero's traits of masculinity and values as depicted in "The Sun Also Rises" and then, through analysis of characters and comparison of the three novels, demonstrates that we can see Hemingway's presentation of values in action and opposition.

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"Prevalent among many of Ernest Hemingway's novels and short-stories is the concept popularly known as the "code hero", an ideal character readily accepted by readers as a working definition of the masculine role in a postwar society. In "The Sun Also Rises", the principal male characters are measured by the way in which they engage in some form of relationship with Lady Brett Ashley, a dominant female character whom Hemingway portrays in a style that many critics have, at the very least, called wary, and at the most, Hemingway's presentation of a whore sainted by her ability to play the male role. "Brett, a 'damn fine looking woman,' evokes gender androgyny and gender ambiguity both in physical appearance (her hair) and attire (her jersey)" (Elliot, 1995, p.
78). Brett plans to marry her fiance for financial reasons (as does Hemingway's male hero in "The Snows of Kilimanjaro"), and is often portrayed as toying with the other men in her life, by which, and through their patterned interactions with her, we can as readers
see the distinct qualities of manhood that make each character unique and dynamic."

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