Robert Cohn, the boxer from Princeton, is a writer that travels throughout Spain and France with Jake Barnes. Even though Robert did not fight in WWI, he still seems to interact with the other veterans throughout the novel. At the beginning of the novel, Hemingway describes the relationship Cohn and his wife, Frances Clyne. They are married for about three years and then are later divorced. After the divorce, Cohn desperately wants to go to South America with Jake. Jake replies “ Listen, Robert, going to another country doesn’t make any difference. I’ve tried all that. You can’t get away from yourself by moving from one place to another” (Hemingway 19). This reveals that Cohn is having issues from the divorce and that he trying to run away from his problems. Further into the novel, Jake reveals that Cohn meet up
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He states “Cohn had been rather nervous ever since we had met at Bayonne. He did not know whether we knew Brett had been with him at San Sebastian, and it made him rather awkward” (Hemingway 100). The reader can infer that Cohn has some sort of feelings for Brett. The only problem with this is that Brett is engaged to Michael. While everyone was drinking, Michael began to describe Cohn as a steer due to the fact that he follows Brett around all the time. Cohn response to the taunting in an intense manner. Cohn’s personality is revealed when he is faced with social adversity.
One lifestyle trait that particularly struck me in The Sun Also Rises was the amount of drinking. It seems that the characters are almost always consuming alcohol and I found this very interesting. When I see an individual consuming toxic amounts of alcohol, I make the assumption that there is probably a reason for it. It may
He states “Cohn had been rather nervous ever since we had met at Bayonne. He did not know whether we knew Brett had been with him at San Sebastian, and it made him rather awkward” (Hemingway 100). The reader can infer that Cohn has some sort of feelings for Brett. The only problem with this is that Brett is engaged to Michael. While everyone was drinking, Michael began to describe Cohn as a steer due to the fact that he follows Brett around all the time. Cohn response to the taunting in an intense manner. Cohn’s personality is revealed when he is faced with social adversity.
One lifestyle trait that particularly struck me in The Sun Also Rises was the amount of drinking. It seems that the characters are almost always consuming alcohol and I found this very interesting. When I see an individual consuming toxic amounts of alcohol, I make the assumption that there is probably a reason for it. It may