Hatred for the Jewish Boxer
In the novel The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway, readers are introduced to the character Robert Cohn. Almost immediately Cohn receives hatred from the narrator and the other characters. In fact, all throughout the novel Cohn receives racist remarks and harsh words from the these characters. However, there seems to be no real reason for these actions.
In the beginning of the novel, we get a not so brief description of Robert Cohn. Jake, the narrator describes Cohn as “a nice boy, a friendly boy, and very shy,” on page 12(Hemingway). However he also says this about him. ‘I always had a suspicion that perhaps Robert Cohn had never been middleweight boxing champion,’ on page one (Hemingway). Jake sweeps aside Cohn’s biggest accomplishments, while emphasizing his biggest failures such as his divorce. …show more content…
Cohn is described as rich and successful. He is also a professional boxer. That would be a bit intimidating for any man in this era. Hemingway displays this as Jake describes Robert Cohn. “He wrote a novel, and it was not really such a bad novel as the critics later called it, although it was a very poor novel.” (Page 4 Hemingway)Though, everyone else likes Cohn’s novel, Jake doesn’t. Jealousy could play a part in the hatred for Cohn. Bill also gets a bit jealous of Cohn knowing Cohn slept with Brett and even goes as far as to say racist comments. Still, there is no reason for his group of so called “friends” to treat him the way they
In the novel The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway, readers are introduced to the character Robert Cohn. Almost immediately Cohn receives hatred from the narrator and the other characters. In fact, all throughout the novel Cohn receives racist remarks and harsh words from the these characters. However, there seems to be no real reason for these actions.
In the beginning of the novel, we get a not so brief description of Robert Cohn. Jake, the narrator describes Cohn as “a nice boy, a friendly boy, and very shy,” on page 12(Hemingway). However he also says this about him. ‘I always had a suspicion that perhaps Robert Cohn had never been middleweight boxing champion,’ on page one (Hemingway). Jake sweeps aside Cohn’s biggest accomplishments, while emphasizing his biggest failures such as his divorce. …show more content…
Cohn is described as rich and successful. He is also a professional boxer. That would be a bit intimidating for any man in this era. Hemingway displays this as Jake describes Robert Cohn. “He wrote a novel, and it was not really such a bad novel as the critics later called it, although it was a very poor novel.” (Page 4 Hemingway)Though, everyone else likes Cohn’s novel, Jake doesn’t. Jealousy could play a part in the hatred for Cohn. Bill also gets a bit jealous of Cohn knowing Cohn slept with Brett and even goes as far as to say racist comments. Still, there is no reason for his group of so called “friends” to treat him the way they