cHARACTERIZATION IN THE sUN aLSO rISES
Hemingway presents and illustrates the image and thoughts of the lost generation in his novel The Sun Also Rises. The character Jake Barnes represents a man that has just come back from an unforgettable experience. Jake ultimately represents a disillusioned man representative of the lost generation. To begin with, Hemingway at the beginning of the novel presents Jake as being a suave man that disbelieves in romanticism in his life. Thus, by utilizing characterization of a character’s actions, Hemingway establishes Jake Barnes as a realistic man who views the quest of romanticism absurd. The reader sees this in the example of Cohn’s idea of taking a trip to South America, “ ’Would you like to go to South America, Jake?’ he asked, No’” (Hemingway 17). Furthermore, as the book progresses, Hemingway gives Jake as drunken personality and his obnoxious behavior that he exhibits shows a broken man. “I had picked her up because of a vague sentimental idea that it would be nice to eat with some one. It was a long time since I has dined with a poule, and I had forgotten how dull it could be” (Hemingway 24). However, whenever Jake interacts with Brett Ashley, he loses his previous ideas of romanticism being absurd. Since their pre
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Approximate Word count = 1070
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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