The Sun Also Rises Jake Barnes Ernest Hemingway - a...

Hemingways The Sun Also Rises Jake Barnes Ernest Hemingway – A Comparison â€Å"Hey, Kitty, said Ernest, Im taking your advice. Im writing a novel full of plot and drama. He gestured ahead towards Harold and Bill. Im tearing those bastards apart, he said. Im putting everyone in it and that kike Loeb is the villain.â€Å" - Hemingway (Baker p.234) Table of contents: 1. Setting, Characters Background 2. Impotence War Wound 3. Women 4. San Fermà ­n 5. Interests Characteristics Bibliography The Sun Also Rises was Hemingways first novel, published in 1926, written several years after he served in World War I. It deals with the postwar life of expatriates and veterans living in Paris (Europe), who are also called the Lost†¦show more content†¦Both Jake and Hemingway are American veteran expatriates living in Paris in the twenties, working as journalists. However, Jake is not married, nor does he live with a woman in Paris. The characters of the novel also match the people Hemingway knew during that time. In Paris they both each got to know a Jewish American who became their tennis partner, used to be a boxer at Princeton College and had a girlfriend. Both Jake and Hemingway were madly in love with a woman they couldnt have, but there are different reasons to why it didnt work out between them. In the novel it wasnt Cohn though who introduced Brett to Jake. Jake already knew her from war times and it was him who introduced her to Cohn. In the following I want to further compare Jake Barnes and Ernest Hemingway by discussing different topics that I picked out. 2. Impotence War Wound In the novel it is never explicitly said that Jake Barnes is really impotent because of his war injury. But it can be read between the lines. We first get to introduced to this topic when Jake picks up the prostitute Georgette and doesnt want to be touched by her. „She cuddled against me and I put my arm around her. She looked up to be kissed. She touched me with one hand and I put her hand away. Never mind. Whats the matter? You sick? Yes.â€Å" (Sun Also Rises p.13) Jake takes Georgette out for drinks and to a club to meet his friends. But heShow MoreRelatedTransformation In Ernest Hemingways The Sun Also Rises1298 Words   |  6 PagesErnest Hemingway’s novel, The Sun Also Rises, is a story that may seem underwhelming to the average audience, for to them the characters seem linear and are full of cliches, the story builds up to an anticlimactic ending, and it makes the reader contemplate the whole point of the adventure. 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