The Sun Also Rises Research Paper

Ernest Hemingway, a famous American novelist, wrote his first novel The Sun Also Rises, which was published on October 22, 1926. The Sun Also Rises is a fictional book which is set in Paris, France. Throughout the novel, the narrator is Jacob Barnes who was an army veteran from a war, which is presumed to be World War I, interacts with Lady Brett Ashley who was a nurse for the war and cared for Jake. Characters that are also involved in Jake and Brett’s life are Mike Campbell who is going to marry Brett, Robert Cohn who is a friend of Jake and is very enthused by Brett, and Count Mippipopolous who has an exquisite taste for wine. Throughout The Sun Also Rises relationships are the key to the novel, however not all relationships are meant to happen nor last and the reason for this is due to fate.
Fate according to dictionary.com is something that unavoidably befalls a person, otherwise known as fortune. Jake Barnes is from Kansas City, Kansas and it is assumed that he was drafted for the war. The war was in the European countries and Jake was sent to France where he was wounded. Through that action Jake met Brett Ashley, who was a nurse in France.
In Jake and Brett’s relationship there is the element of tragedy by Jake loving Brett, but Brett not feeling the same way. Brett has no formidable feelings for others, she just continually drinks. Mike Campbell, the man who is going to be rich, interferes with Jake and Brett’s relationship as do Robert Cohn and Count Mippipopolous who just believe Lady Ashley is astounding. The tragic element in their relationship is that one strongly loves the other while the other only cares for money and booze. If you could call what Jake and Brett have a “relationship”, then the more practical one of their relationship would be Jake