Research Paper On The Sun Also Rises By Hemingway

Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises presents a cast of characters experiencing their daily lives after World War I. Not everyone in the novel was involved in the war, but those who served are affected, often mentally and physically; the main character Jake Barnes received a permanent injury which is mentioned repeatedly in the novel. Hemingway’s work focuses on Jake and his friends’ journey from Paris to the Festival of San Fermín. Aside from the planned adventure of going to Spain, the characters move around frequently in taxis with little purpose. The Sun Also Rises portrays motion which goes no place and is a novel of stasis and despair to represent the damaging and lasting effects of war.
Taxis are used a significant amount in the novel. The characters use taxis to drift from cafe to cafe and bar to bar. Although they are physically moving, they are not engaged in the actual activities in their surroundings. The main characters are ambivalent in regards to destination, not even caring to correct taxi-drivers when dropped off at …show more content…
The main characters in the novel encompass traits typical of the Lost Generation. Their lack of engagement, deriving from the mental impact of war, promotes the ongoing static tone.The characters, though moving a distance, are not developing within their thoughts and persona. Although they travel, it is essentially pointless demonstrates the characters’ detachment. Robert comments that “[his] life is going so fast and [he’s] not really living it” (9). He and the other characters recognize what they are doing in regards to their life, but do not act to change it. They seem neither satisfied nor upset with the path they are creating for themselves and are in an idle state, completely unphased by the possibility of a more gratifying life. Because they have not grown mentally and do not appreciate opportunities, they make the novel full of stasis and