The Sun Also Rises
This semester, in my Spanish 003 class, I learned that Ernest Hemingway spent 28 years of his life living, writing, drinking, eating, fishing and sailing in Havana, Cuba. He was enamored with Cuba's customs and culture. The United States may be his native country, but for 28 years, Cuba was his home. Hemingway was upset that he could not be in Cuba during the Cold War conflicts in 1959, and he never returned to Cuba before his tragic suicide in 1961. Hemingway was highly influenced by other cultures, particularly the Latinos and Hispanics. One of his novels, The Old Man and the Sea, which is based on actual voyages in Cuba on his boat, Pilar, won a Pulitzer Prize in 1953 and a Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954. Hemingway's critically acclaimed literary works are considered national treasures, or tesoros nacionales, in both the United States and Cuba. As a journalism student, I thought that maybe I could learn some new writing techniques from Hemingway's novel The Sun Also Rises. The novel begins in post-World War I Paris, France, with a "lost generation" of souls who are trying to figure each other out and find their own niches in life as well. Jake Barnes is the struggling war veteran who suffers from problems wit
While I may have hated Book One, the subject matter in Book Two was a pleasant surprise. Once the setting of the story shifts from Paris to Spain, the plot of the story begins to pick up speed. With interesting background fodder, such as the Festival of San Fermin, the Running of the Bulls, and the bullfighting, the novel begins to ooze pure cultural passion. er with a short temper who is often the laughing stock of Jake and his group of comrades. Frances Coyne is Robert's lady friend, a woman who thrives on reputation and is bound and determined to get Robert to marry her at all costs. She eventually runs off to England with a chunk of Cohn's money, leaving him to pursue a relationship with Brett. Bill Gorton is Jake's friend, another writer and alcoholic war veteran. Although he lives and works in New York City, he travels to Europe often to visit Jake. Juan Montoya is the innkeeper in Pamplona who sees Barnes as a true aficionado of bullfighting and they share a special bond in their love for the sport. Pedro Romero is the nineteen-year-old bullfighter that represents the true skill, grace and passion for the sport. He has a short affair with Brett, but she ends the affair because she fears that she will corrupt his ideals and ruin his promising career in the ring. Hemingway's writing style begins to blossom as well. His words, phrases and descriptions made me feel like I was in Pamplona, on the balcony of the Hotel Montoya, watching the procession of San Fermin dance through th
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Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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