The Sun Also Rises

About the Author

• Grew up in Illinois. Did not attend college.
• Moved back to Europe after injured in WW1
• Married and divorced four times.
• Known for his spontaneous life style.
• Won Nobel Prize for Literature, Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for The Old Man and the Sea.
• Died twice, suffered from depression, suicide.

Summary

• The Sun Also Rises was publish in 1926 and the narrator, Jake Barnes, tells the story of himself, Robert Cohn, Brett, Mike Campbell, and Bill Gorton. The Story is about theses men who all seem to fall in love with Brett, while she is engaged to Mike. Prior to their engagement, Brett and Jake had a passionate relationship.
• The story begins with Jake describing his friend Robert Cohn, who is described as a rich, Jewish man who moved to Paris with a terrible woman named Francis, who he eventually divorces. Jake and Robert are good friends, and one day at a club, Robert is introduced to Brett, and is instantly infatuated.

Summary Continued

• Jake then meets up with his friend Bill Gorton, and they come up with a vacation for the group to go to the Running of the Bulls festival in Pamplona, Spain. Bill, Jake, and Robert travel together while Brett and Mike plan to meet them there. Mike and Brett are late, so BIll and Jake leave while Robert waits, only so Robert can spend time with Brett.
• Once at the festival in Pamplona, Brett falls for a handsome bull fighter named Pedro and she forgets all about Mike and Robert. Roberts jealousy leads him to heated, violent arguments with Jake and Mike, and eventually him attacking Pedro.
• At the end of the festival, everyone leaves in disarray and torment. Brett and Pedro leave for Madrid and Jake returns to San Sebastian to be alone, but he retrieves a telegram from Brett asking for him to visit her in Madrid. Jakes accepts and rushes to see her, only to see her physically and mentally drained. She has left Pedro and wishes for Mike.

Love

• "That seemed to handle it. That was it. Send a girl off with one man. Introduce her to another to go off with him, now go and bring her back. And sign the wire with love. That was all right". (Hemingway 127)

Love

• "We could have had such a damned good time together". (Hemingway 128)

Love

• "You’re getting damned romantic". "No, bored". (Hemingway 12)

Identity

• "I offered the guard a cigarette. He took it and thanked me". (Hemingway 40)

Identity

• "All my life I wanted to go on a trip like that". (Hemingway 10)

Identity

• "I was enjoying Cohn's nervousness". (Hemingway 48)

Interaction of Themes

• Build off of one another
• The love helps define the characters identity. (ex. Robert)

Textual Analysis Of Quote

• "It was like certain dinners I remember from the war. There was much wine, an ignored tension, and a feeling of things coming that you could not prevent happening. Under the wine I lost the disgusted feeling and was happy.". (Hemingway 77)
• This quote explains how wine helps to calm and mask the pain. Hemingway used the word "disgusted" to describe the feelings Jake had for the war. The tone is very depressing and dark, as the only solution for their problems was alcohol.

Timeline In American History

• Post World War 1
• Prohibition

The American Identity

• Defines the American Identity as complex and confused.
• Very different backgrounds.

Works Cited

• "Ernest Hemingway." American Decades. Ed. Judith S. Baughman, et al. Detroit: Gale, 1998. Biography in Context. Web. 5 Jan. 2016.
• "The 1920s: Lifestyles and Social Trends: Overview." American Decades. Ed. Judith S. Baughman, et al. Vol. 3: 1920-1929. Detroit: Gale, 2001. U.S. History in Context. W eb. 6 Jan. 2016.
• Hemingway, Ernest. The Sun Also Rises. New York: Scribner, 1996. Print.