Ernest Hemingway’s novel, The Sun Also Rises, is a work of fiction that follows the fate of two of the main character's tragic relationship. The novel is set in the mid-1920’s in post-war Paris, France, then Pamplona, Spain, and finally Madrid, Spain. The two main characters involved in the tragic relationship are Jake Barnes and Brett Ashley. Jake Barnes suffered a wound during World War I that renders him incapable of sexual activity, so Brett refuses to be with him, even though she is in love with him. While the two do not have a romantic relationship, they still maintain a platonic friendship. Fate plays a strong hand in the tragic relationship between Jake and Brett. Jake Barnes and Brett Ashley have a tragic relationship since they cannot
