The Sun Also Rises Lost Generation

In the novel The Sun Also Rises the main focus is the lost generation. The way the modern woman acted was unacceptable to any traditional woman before this way of life. The modern woman during this time did almost whatever she wanted. A woman could smoke cigarettes, wear short skirts, wear her stockings short or not at all, and she could cut her hair as short as she wanted it. The modern woman was a representation of all that was lost consisting of the lost generation; manners, stability in a relationship, sexual freedom, expressing oneself with how they dressed and what they did with their hair.
In the novel the main theme was the lost generation and the focus on womanhood and femininity. Frances was the traditional woman, who wanted marriage and a family. Brett on the other hand was a flapper. She refused to wear stockings, cut her hair short and when asked to grow it out she refused, she had sex with multiple guys despite the fact that she was engaged at one point. Brett didn’t change throughout the novel because she was always interested in what other people thought of her. She wanted what she wanted and did what she had to, to get it. Brett didn’t want to be …show more content…
In the novel The Sun Also Rises the main focus is the lost generation, the way the lost generation is represented in the novel is because of the way womanhood is expressed. The way the modern woman acted was unacceptable to any traditional woman before this way of life. The traditional woman wanted a family and to stay home and had long hair and wore long dresses and skirts. The modern woman during this time cut her hair short and wore short skirts and wore her stockings low or in the case of Lady Brett Ashley not at all, and the modern woman smoked cigarettes and cigars and drank in public. That is why the way the modern women are perceived by traditional woman to be in the