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25/04/2010
Sun Also Rises
The Sun Also Rises
The Sun Also Rises is a brilliant book written by Ernest Hemingway,
that illustrates the decadence during the 1920’s. Throughout the book
Hemingway expresses at the time an illegal habit in America, alcoholic
drinking. He also displays the beginning of open sexual/physical
contact, flirting with more than one person, and having more than one
sexual partner. Hemingway’s characters shows decry in their work
habits. Throughout the book Hemingway displays many examples of the
modern world in the 1920’s, and the decline in moral standards.
Alcoholism was big during the 1920’s, and Hemingway displays this moral
decay of values through the eyes of his characters. Hemingway
illustrates this at all parts of the book. Whenever Barnes is at a
club, his house, hotel room he is drinking. At San Sebastian, Cohn and
Brett were said to be drinking. While Jake and Bill were on their
fishing trip they were drinking wine the whole time and everyone was
drinking during the weeklong fiesta. During this time in the US
drinking was illegal, and Hemingway was showing a lack of respect, and
care for the law. He was able to illustrate the modern world and its
increase in alcoholism and its decrease of the moral values during the
1920’s.
Ernest Hemingway shows his brilliance by displaying the decay in moral
standards. One of those moral standards was the openness of peoples’
being attracted to the opposite sex, or same sex. Hemingway chose to
display this by using Brett as his center point and having everyone she
comes in contact with fall in love with her. At the beginning of the
book Brett was with a group of openly gay men. The gay guys were
dancing with each other and being open about their sexual preference.
This really didn’t happen before the war. Throughout the book Brett and
Barnes flirt a lot and they also kiss several times. Brett also has and
affair and sleeps with Cohn at San Sebastian. Brett also chooses to
flirt and lead on Count Mippipopulous. She also has another affair with
Pedro the bullfighter. This whole time Brett is engaged to marry Mike.
They are not married yet and they too sleep together, this didn’t
happen a lot before the war either. Hemingway chose to illustrate his
the decline of moral values by using Brett as his center point, and
having anything to do with sex happen with Brett in the sentence. The
work ethic of the modern man after World War I declined in its
productivity. Hemingway in the book The Sun Also Rises chooses to not
have the characters work but party. I believe once in the book Barnes
went to work once, and that was to pick up his paycheck. Robert Cohn
the successful author writes one book, gets rich, and then doesn’t
write another book. Mike is drunk, never works and he is bankrupt. He
also borrows money from the people not being able to pay it back. Brett
also herself is broke. She never works once and she always has someone
pay for whatever she wants. The work ethic of the modern man decayed as
Hemingway portrayed in The Sun Also Rises. The constant decline of
moral standards from generation to generation is represented be
Hemingway from beginning to end of The Sun Also Rises. Hemingway
expresses this through the eyes of his characters. From open sex to
alcoholism to a bad work ethic, he has his main characters encounter
each one of these problems. His main characters were Jake Barnes, Brett
Ashley, Robert Cohn, Mike and Bill. The continue decay of moral values
is displayed brilliantly by Ernest Hemingway in The Sun Also Rises, to
make the story come alive in the readers mind.
Sun Also Rises
The Sun Also Rises
The Sun Also Rises is a brilliant book written by Ernest Hemingway,
that illustrates the decadence during the 1920’s. Throughout the book
Hemingway expresses at the time an illegal habit in America, alcoholic
drinking. He also displays the beginning of open sexual/physical
contact, flirting with more than one person, and having more than one
sexual partner. Hemingway’s characters shows decry in their work
habits. Throughout the book Hemingway displays many examples of the
modern world in the 1920’s, and the decline in moral standards.
Alcoholism was big during the 1920’s, and Hemingway displays this moral
decay of values through the eyes of his characters. Hemingway
illustrates this at all parts of the book. Whenever Barnes is at a
club, his house, hotel room he is drinking. At San Sebastian, Cohn and
Brett were said to be drinking. While Jake and Bill were on their
fishing trip they were drinking wine the whole time and everyone was
drinking during the weeklong fiesta. During this time in the US
drinking was illegal, and Hemingway was showing a lack of respect, and
care for the law. He was able to illustrate the modern world and its
increase in alcoholism and its decrease of the moral values during the
1920’s.
Ernest Hemingway shows his brilliance by displaying the decay in moral
standards. One of those moral standards was the openness of peoples’
being attracted to the opposite sex, or same sex. Hemingway chose to
display this by using Brett as his center point and having everyone she
comes in contact with fall in love with her. At the beginning of the
book Brett was with a group of openly gay men. The gay guys were
dancing with each other and being open about their sexual preference.
This really didn’t happen before the war. Throughout the book Brett and
Barnes flirt a lot and they also kiss several times. Brett also has and
affair and sleeps with Cohn at San Sebastian. Brett also chooses to
flirt and lead on Count Mippipopulous. She also has another affair with
Pedro the bullfighter. This whole time Brett is engaged to marry Mike.
They are not married yet and they too sleep together, this didn’t
happen a lot before the war either. Hemingway chose to illustrate his
the decline of moral values by using Brett as his center point, and
having anything to do with sex happen with Brett in the sentence. The
work ethic of the modern man after World War I declined in its
productivity. Hemingway in the book The Sun Also Rises chooses to not
have the characters work but party. I believe once in the book Barnes
went to work once, and that was to pick up his paycheck. Robert Cohn
the successful author writes one book, gets rich, and then doesn’t
write another book. Mike is drunk, never works and he is bankrupt. He
also borrows money from the people not being able to pay it back. Brett
also herself is broke. She never works once and she always has someone
pay for whatever she wants. The work ethic of the modern man decayed as
Hemingway portrayed in The Sun Also Rises. The constant decline of
moral standards from generation to generation is represented be
Hemingway from beginning to end of The Sun Also Rises. Hemingway
expresses this through the eyes of his characters. From open sex to
alcoholism to a bad work ethic, he has his main characters encounter
each one of these problems. His main characters were Jake Barnes, Brett
Ashley, Robert Cohn, Mike and Bill. The continue decay of moral values
is displayed brilliantly by Ernest Hemingway in The Sun Also Rises, to
make the story come alive in the readers mind.
