The Sun Also Rises By Ernest Hemingway
Death Of Love In War
In the novel, The Sun Also Rises, written by Ernest Hemingway, a recurring theme is the death of love in World War I, which is exemplified within each of Hemingway's characters, along with dozens of other works in the 1920’s. The novel follows a young expatriate, Jake Barnes, who had gotten injured during the war, rendering him impotent. As Jakes life continues and the daily struggle between his impotence and his emotional despair becomes more evident, the reader grows aware of all that was lost in the war. With the introduction of characters such as, Brett Ashley, Robert Cohn, Pedro Romero and more, Jake is emotionally tested and judged by his reaction to situations with the other characters. In Ernest Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises, Jake Barnes embodies the recurring theme of the 1920’s, the death of love in war, by failing to shield his emotional unrest and impotence as a result of his physical impotence due to war, finding love with Brett Ashley unattainable, and struggling to shake off his romantic side, all while remaining a Hemingway Hero. In the beginning of the novel, Jake's …show more content…
“His sexual wound, the result of an unpreventable accident in the war, points to another realm where accidents can always happen, and where Barnes is equally powerless to prevent them” (Spilka). Barnes stresses the feeling of not being able to prevent what was happening in the war before his accident. “This fear of emotional consequences is the key to Barnes' condition. Like so many Hemingway heroes, he has no way to handle subjective complications, and his wound is a token for this kind of impotence” (Spilka). For this reason, Barnes grows extremely upset in the presence of Cohn. Cohn holds a romantic ability and perspective Barnes is incapable of. (You might want to note- this may be-but Cohn possesses these things because he is immature and inexperienced in
In the novel, The Sun Also Rises, written by Ernest Hemingway, a recurring theme is the death of love in World War I, which is exemplified within each of Hemingway's characters, along with dozens of other works in the 1920’s. The novel follows a young expatriate, Jake Barnes, who had gotten injured during the war, rendering him impotent. As Jakes life continues and the daily struggle between his impotence and his emotional despair becomes more evident, the reader grows aware of all that was lost in the war. With the introduction of characters such as, Brett Ashley, Robert Cohn, Pedro Romero and more, Jake is emotionally tested and judged by his reaction to situations with the other characters. In Ernest Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises, Jake Barnes embodies the recurring theme of the 1920’s, the death of love in war, by failing to shield his emotional unrest and impotence as a result of his physical impotence due to war, finding love with Brett Ashley unattainable, and struggling to shake off his romantic side, all while remaining a Hemingway Hero. In the beginning of the novel, Jake's …show more content…
“His sexual wound, the result of an unpreventable accident in the war, points to another realm where accidents can always happen, and where Barnes is equally powerless to prevent them” (Spilka). Barnes stresses the feeling of not being able to prevent what was happening in the war before his accident. “This fear of emotional consequences is the key to Barnes' condition. Like so many Hemingway heroes, he has no way to handle subjective complications, and his wound is a token for this kind of impotence” (Spilka). For this reason, Barnes grows extremely upset in the presence of Cohn. Cohn holds a romantic ability and perspective Barnes is incapable of. (You might want to note- this may be-but Cohn possesses these things because he is immature and inexperienced in