The Sun Also Rises Loss Of Identity Essay
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Silvio Marcel Méndez Rourk
Professor Jacob Leland
English 101 Writing Literary Memoirs
September 27 2007
Loss of Identity
The book, The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway, describes feelings and ideas that Americans had during the boom of the 20's regarding the fear of change or loss in national identity. Loss of morality and increasing fear because of loss of identity during this period has created a general fear of dismemberment of culture and society consequence of the II World War. The Sun Also Rises is a socially loaded book because of the deep social identity problems occurring during the 20's that are reflected through the novel. The novel goes deep into the social uncomforting of the time, trying to find and clarify national identity yet in the end does not find it, but only finds temporal but non lasting satisfaction in anything. In the novel, The Sun Also Rises, we can see that the times are deeply …show more content…
While reading the book the characters or society act unfairly in the ways they criticize people, for example: "He looked into the glass. And as for this Robert Cohn,' Bill said, He makes me sick, and he can go to hell' " notice Robert says sick for no real reason but does just because he is different to them, giving an all but too obvious feel of superiority in all matters regarding being different or not American which is extremely excessive and unjust. This statement can also exist determined by the grate amount of social and racially derogatory statements that constantly surge throughout the book and a constant feel of superiority to other ethnic groups by calling them "niggers" and "Jews" among other racial and insulting utterance of all types these being only the most
Silvio Marcel Méndez Rourk
Professor Jacob Leland
English 101 Writing Literary Memoirs
September 27 2007
Loss of Identity
The book, The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway, describes feelings and ideas that Americans had during the boom of the 20's regarding the fear of change or loss in national identity. Loss of morality and increasing fear because of loss of identity during this period has created a general fear of dismemberment of culture and society consequence of the II World War. The Sun Also Rises is a socially loaded book because of the deep social identity problems occurring during the 20's that are reflected through the novel. The novel goes deep into the social uncomforting of the time, trying to find and clarify national identity yet in the end does not find it, but only finds temporal but non lasting satisfaction in anything. In the novel, The Sun Also Rises, we can see that the times are deeply …show more content…
While reading the book the characters or society act unfairly in the ways they criticize people, for example: "He looked into the glass. And as for this Robert Cohn,' Bill said, He makes me sick, and he can go to hell' " notice Robert says sick for no real reason but does just because he is different to them, giving an all but too obvious feel of superiority in all matters regarding being different or not American which is extremely excessive and unjust. This statement can also exist determined by the grate amount of social and racially derogatory statements that constantly surge throughout the book and a constant feel of superiority to other ethnic groups by calling them "niggers" and "Jews" among other racial and insulting utterance of all types these being only the most