"...but a whimper.", Eliot was writing of the Lost Generation. The period after World War I were people were disillusioned, wandering through their life lost, not sure what their goal was. In Ernest Hemmingway's novel, The Sun Also Rises, the Lost Generation and their inability to cope with the change around them is the focus of the novel. The Sun Also Rises is a beautifully written account of a generation lost in an unknown cause that leaves them abandoned in the end.

Hemmingway wrote this story in a unique fashion. The book is written with no apparent plot, that is, there are not twists, intrigue, or goals for the characters. The plot is simply the story itself. That is what Hemmingway wanted, he wanted the reader to read this story and recognize the loses and struggles the characters encounter through experiences they had.

The Sun Also Rises takes place in France following the First World War. The main character and narrator is Jake Barnes a newspaper reporter and war veteran. His life corresponds directly to that of the Lost Generation, for he is the Lost Gene

Ernest Hemmingway's novel gave a solution to the people of the Lost Generation but showed that it was a lost cause in reality, ' "Oh, Jake," Brett said, "we could have had such a damned good time together."..."Yes," I said. "Isn't it pretty to think so?" '

Hemmingway uses the bullfights as a motif within the story. The bull and the bullfighter are constantly talked about during the seven-day fiesta. Hemmingway uses these symbols as an outlook on life. He uses a young bullfighter named Pedro Romero to demonstrate his point, "Romero never made any contortions, always it was straight and pure and natural in line. The others twisted themselves like corkscrews, their elbows raised, and leaned against the flanks of the bull after his horns has passed, to give a faked look of danger. Afterward, all that was faked turned bad and gave an unpleasant feeling. Romero's bull-fighting gave real emotion, because he kept the absolute purity of line in his movements and always quietly and calmly let the horns pass him close each time. He did not have to emphasize their closeness." Hemmingway uses this to show that if one is to do something it should be all out, not just the motions, and not just a "faked look of danger". Hemmingway wants the reader to see that to come out of this lifelessness one needs to

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Approximate Word count = 875
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)