Sun Also Rises Cohn

The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway needs to be interpreted and understood for every chapter. Chapter 2 in particular is about Cohn travelling to New York in the winter to have his book published. While in New York the publishers praise his novel, he meets up with several women, and he wins a large sum of money playing cards. When he returns to Paris he is changed after reading “The Purple Land”, a romantic novel about a man’s travels, taking every word of it literally. Cohn first found Jake and tried to convince him to come with him to South America with him. Cohn even offers to pay for the entire trip. Jake uses his usual plans to get people to leave by asking Cohn if he would like to head downstairs for a drink, knowing that after …show more content…
Cohn is being showing the quality of being selfish at this point by only giving Jake reasons as to why he would be useful to him while in South America (Stoneback 23). If Cohn told Jake that he should come with him because they are great friends and it would be nice to travel with him to be able to share the experience together, Cohn would be perceived as selfless but the way Cohn handled this situation showed his true colors. Instead of saying this, Cohn says “You can talk Spanish” basically saying I want you to go so you can be there to speak and translate for me, only thinking of himself (Hemingway 18). Showing us yet again a value that Cohn lacks. This is where the importance of this entry is. Cohn is being selfish and not showing love for others, only loving himself and wanting to do things for himself. Whereas Jake is selfless and caring. Cohn later says “Please say you forgive me, Jake” and Jake being the caring, selfless, forgiving responds with “Sure,” and “It’s all right” then Cohn suggests a hand shake for forgiveness (Hemingway 197). Cohn is one to hold a grudge and judge, however, Jake is all about forgiveness and moving