Analysis Of The Sun Also Rises By Ernest Hemingway

The year is 1917, World War 1 has been ravaging Eastern Europe for three years now, and the threat against the United States has been minimal. That is, until British telegram operators intercepted the â€Å"Zimmerman telegram† in which Germany proposed a military alliance with Mexico. The telegram was a blatant attempt to bring The United States into World War 1 by Germany, and it succeeded. Once the United States entered the war, fresh young faces like eighteen-year-old Ernest Hemingway lined up to fight for their country. Sadly â€Å"An eye problem barred him from the army, so he joined the ambulance corps† which allowed him to aid in the war effort overseas (Levine 795). Less than a year later while attending to Italian soldiers, he was wounded†¦show more content†¦That nurse, Lady Brett Ashely, is the independent and unyielding main female character that has lost so much; â€Å"In the war, her lover died of dysentery. Since then she has been drifting with the current from one man to another† (Egri 112). Although she is an independent woman, it does not make her happy. She frequently tells Barnes â€Å"Oh, darling, I’ve been so miserable,† which strengthens the notion that she indeed is not happy (Hemingway 32). To Barnes, she is the love of his life, however, Lady Ashely just cannot bring herself to be with him on account of his injury. Moreover, she is not past taking solace with his friend Robert Cohn, who is a one hit wonder writer that ex-patriated himself from the United States. Cohn appears to the reader as the punching bag that everyone around him uses to remove their emotional strain. Hemingway is showing the realistic interpretation of the war and what it means to him by exhibiting how the war has affected every person in one way or another. Ernest Hemingway pays homage to the realistic writing style of past times by showing the impact of the war on the characters within The Sun Also Rises. Jake Barnes is the complex protagonist that Hemingway uses to symbolize his feelings after returning from World War 1. When Hemingway reveals to the reader that Barnes participated and was injured in the war, he is introducing an opportunity to include more profound feelings about theShow MoreRelatedErnest Hemmingway: Shifting Gender Roles in The Sun Also Rises782 Words   |  3 PagesErnest Hemingway was born on July 21, 1899 in Chicago, Illinois. Hemingway was an American author and journalist. Kemen Zabala author of â€Å"HEMINGWAY: A STUDY IN GENDER AND SEXUALITY† states that Hemingway was commonly known for portraying the sterile and disillusioned environment created by the massive human loss of World War I. 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