Less Than Jake

and Jake toward religion, and though several of the other characters self-associate with specific sects, only Jake seems to find solace in his faith. Jake, Brett, Cohn, and Bill all have religious affiliations either directly…

Jake paced down the hall to the spacious study, but outside the door, he lacked the purpose he’d summoned earlier. She’d be in there. He’d atone for accusing her of trying to kill him. More than anything, he wanted to patch up the anger between them. It would be tough since he’d drawn Levi into a fight. The incident in town happened two weeks ago and she’d isolated herself from him—no one else—just him. He’d make her understand, even if it took all day. He stepped inside the room and shut the…

1. Jake and his comrades are considered lost after the war because they are a product of immense torture. Being lost is not beautiful or triumphant, but an exhibition of the cowardice that remained with the expatriates. They are no longer able to love to fulfill the pre-war ideal of romance and commitment. Avoiding any meaningful dialogue, they talk around their war wounds and drink themselves into oblivion. They experienced the lowest downfall of humanity and it removed their ability to feel…

Jake opened the window shutters and circled the inside of the barn. Dammit, did he have to do everything? He gave orders to store tools against the wall. His boots scrunched against loose straw as he marched past the wagon and the buggy. Red nickered. The horse moved its rump against the rail and swished its tail. Jake scooped a handful of grain from a bin and dropped it into Red’s feed trough. The horse, he could depend on. At last, he found a pitchfork behind the stairs leading to the loft. He…

in the middle of a normal life after war. However, we also know that in a way this novel represents Hemingway’s life and experiences. Ernest Hemingway was considered the masculine man, after going through the war. Hemingway projects himself through Jake Barnes, his protagonist, of what masculinity is. And Harvey Mansfield’s Manliness states that the traditional core features of masculinity…

published novel, released in 1926. The novel displays the effect that the horrors and casualties of World War One had on the character's views on love, justice, religion and morality. The Sun Also Rises follows the characters Brett Ashley, Bill Gorton, and Jake Barnes, two of which greatly exemplify the great affect World War One had on the religious faith of those who it harmed. This shift in their religious and moral views dictates how they cope with the problems that they face in life …

and friends makes me feel that she is a manipulative and harmful person. However, as the story continues and I reflect further on Brett as a character and her history, my relationship with her changes. I see her more as a victim of her environment than an agent of her inner desires, carelessly exploiting those around her. In the end I am left feeling as though Brett is a slave to her own need…

themes in literature is the idea that mankind needs a savior to redeem us from our chaotic world and morally corrupt selves. The theme of redemption is incorporated into literature through various techniques that speak to humanity on a higher level than strictly narrative. Two literary works that clearly demonstrate redemptive features are Ernest Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises and F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. Both works contain a range of deeply complex characters that either attempt…

Desire is an expressed wish, and sometimes these desires are easier to obtain than others. Desire is a theme that is expressed in three novels: The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan, A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen, and The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway. The characters in these three novels struggle with the idea to please the people in their lives, along with themselves. All of these characters are thrown into unexpected situations that they normally wouldn’t to please the people they love, but in…

Matadors and Martinis: The Two Lives of Jake Barnes In The Sun Also Rises, Ernest Hemingway depicts the travels of a group of expatriate Americans as they leave Paris and plunge into a festival at Pamplona, Spain. Jake Barnes, the novel’s protagonist, brings his group of friends to witness his favorite yearly tradition: bullfighting. He never anticipates, however, that his friends’ values, or lack thereof, are doomed to create chaos at the festival, and so Jake loses both his expatriate and…