Hemingway
Many American critics have asserted that the most well developed character in The Sun Also Rises is Robert Cohn. Although he is not the protagonist of the hero of this novel, he definitely is like the antihero. All throughout the story, Robert Cohn goes along with the characters to different places. In the beginning, it seems as if he is the main character, because, Chapters 1 and 2 revolve around him. However, as Jake's narration goes on, it is easy to determine that Cohn is not the most well-liked person in the story-in fact, by the end, everyone hates him and no one cares what happens to him when he leaves. Hemmingway effectively characterizes Cohn through the remarks of Jake, Lady Brett, Bill Gorton, and Mike Campbell, to help reveal his personality. "Robert Cohn was once middleweight boxing champion of Princeton"(11). The first sentence of this novel relates a sense of past and talks about Robert Cohn. Jake Barnes goes onto reveal more about Cohn saying he lived in Paris, was a Jewish son to a wealth family in New York, and was a shy man who "was married by the first girl who was ever nice to him"(12). The fact that he is a Jew is brought up over and over again by the other characters, a sign that he is less than t
Jake's impressions about Robert Cohn are not entirely his own. As the story reveals, Brett, Bill, and Mike begin to dislike him as well. Brett, for example, had a small fling with Robert in San Sabastian. But, to Robert, he didn't feel it was such a one time ting- he wanted to be something more. Even though he has a mistress who he could have married, Robert has become infatuated with Brett. As Brett said, "He did behave very badly,"(147) her feelings for him were nothing personal, but purely physical. She gets disgusted of how humbly he acts and she knew it would be a mistake for her to go fishing with him from the very beginning. As Hemmingway indicates, Robert bathes and takes special care for his appearance when he knows Brett likes being in his presence. He truly genuinely wants her and isn't about to let her be with Mike. In Mike's view, Robert is "an ass." He hates Robert for "hanging" around Brett [to look] at her" (147) and he thinks Robert was just a jerk. In chapter 13, he comes right out and has a fight with Cohn, to the extreme of embarrassing him and saying that none of his "friends would invite [Robert] to any of the parties...(147)" . This chapter also reveals Bill's feelings towards Cohn. He says, "I don't like Cohn..."(150), but at the same time, he feels bad for the harsh words Mike gave him. This reveals how
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Approximate Word count = 910
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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