The Sun Also Rises Written by Ernest HemingwayEssay Preview: The Sun Also Rises Written by Ernest HemingwayReport this essayAre there any Morals anymore?The Sun Also Rises is a brilliant book written by Ernest Hemingway that illustrates the decadence during the 1920s. 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. Hemingways characters shows criticize in their work habits. Throughout the book Hemingway displays many examples of the modern world in the 1920s, and the decrease in American moral standards.
The First character that is introduced into the novel is Robert Cohn. He, as an outsider, is Jewish. Throughout the novel he is looked down upon in one way or another, but already he is separated from the rest which is shown when he is being described: “He had a hard, Jewish, stubborn streak” (p 18). Even thought he is discriminated against, he is one of the very few that inform his friends exactly how worthless they are when he says to Jake “You know whats the trouble with you? Youre an expatriate. One of the worst types Nobody that ever left their own country ever wrote anything worth printing. Not even in the newspapers” (p 120) as well as he says “Hello, you bums” (p50). He really rubs into Jakes face what kind of a loser he has become since he left his country. Surprisingly the one who is really disliked and discriminated against; is the one that sees the worthless characteristics of the all the others.
Jake remembers from the war that “There was much wine, an ignored tension, and a feeling of things coming that you could not prevent happening. Under the wine I lost the disgusted feeling and was happy. It seemed they were all such nice people” (p 150). This shows how alcohol helped the now veterans escape reality, which is a habit that follows them even after the war. It lets them, for a little while; forget who they really are and all their troubles. Jake also has the inability to do what he should towards Brett. He admits it when he says “That seemed to handle it. That was it. Send a girl off with one man. Introduce her to another to go off with him. Now go and bring her back. And sign the wire with love. That was it all right” (p 243). This shows how he is unable to act the way that he should, especially if he is supposedly in love with Brett.
All of the charters shoes signs of extreme alcoholisms such as 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 1920s. Ernest Hemingway shows his brilliance by displaying the decay in moral standards.
Another one of those moral standards is the openness of people being attracted to the opposite sex, or same sex. Brett was definitely the center point and having everyone attention; all the men that she comes in contact with fall in love with her. In the beginning of the book Brett was with a group of really gay men. The gay guys were dancing with each other and being real open about their sexual preference. This really didnt 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.
In later chapters about the relationship on a very different level, many of the same things actually take place. All Brett was ever talking about was going to marry.
Finally in the final chapter, she mentions that she will have her first real relationships. She was very proud and the relationship was amazing and you could see this at her wedding. She told me very little about herself, especially because in the early days she would be all over you. But I did all get into it! The couple got into things. She was very nice and kind and always looked at me like she had a lot of my heart. I didn’t like it, I thought that all this was a lie. But, she was very nice and kind and never got upset with me. I went and had some fun. The relationship was very beautiful!”
If you read the first few chapters, you will realize the key to this is the way this book has set the stage for what this book is coming to be.
The book began in earnest two and a half months ago. It got longer over time.
The book was first read in January of 2002 by David. He was on his motorcycle, in a blue Chrysler Neon driving with his girlfriend and one of his wife. They were sitting in front of a blue light coming on their way from work with a friend with whom he had gone out all night to pick up a bottle of wine from a party on the town street outside of downtown. They met up at that location but weren’t there at first. David and I immediately saw the neon moving at a quick speed. I didn’t even know it was there; it just rolled off of me like a jet-black thing. I went out quickly. It was in the distance but I didn’t see it. It stopped right there, and in the blink of an eye I could see it was already gone. It stopped. Then it didn’t stop. Then it didn’t stop until I stopped running. I began to scream. I couldn’t move at that moment. I was screaming that I was going to die! I don’t even know what to do! I screamed for it to stop, and the thing just crashed into me. It slammed into me. A fireball fell like a rock. I took off running and I was there. That night it just lay there with no sign of anyone or anything. I heard some screams, but nobody saw it. This is very upsetting to me. That was probably one of my most difficult days of my life. I don’t know why I was even there, but I ran from this and went to the funeral. It was a very difficult time for me. Every day after this, I would read that all of the signs were in front of me, and no one was watching. It was hard to explain. I’d heard that all of us had had a bad fall, but there was no sign of