The Sun Also Rises Masculinity Analysis

“The Sun Also Rises” is an impressive fiction which shows the Lost generation. This fiction is from the American author Ernest Hemingway. This fiction shows social change because of the World War 1, this war undercut the traditional notions of morality, faith, and justice. People are lost in this time period, in this fiction, author uses some story to shows people’s inside change, Jack, Brett, and their friends’s dramatic life makes them lives empty, no longer believe in anything. They filling their time with dancing, drinking and debauchery, this shows the huge impact of social changes, and that make this generation feels lost. In some ways, this also depicts the bad influence of the War, and he trying to tell the people to against the war.

Jake says “amusing” to define the homosexuals to express the idea that they are mostly associated with being light-hearted and humorous which people are intended to be “tolerant” to, meaning open minded. But, Jake saw them as beholding a “superior, simpering composure” expressing that he thought they were acting beyond their character, to be more dominant over other men in the club. Jake uses vivid words like “swing” and “shatter”, to describe and create a sense of imagery of the feelings like jealousy he has towards the homosexuals at the club that he wanted to tear apart. This is because he can’t cope or solve his penis injury, so instead he expresses his annoyance through breaking someone's else confidence and hurting them physically. Jakes wound causes him to overtime build castration anxiety, as Fraud theoretically states, because of how insecure he is in forming relationships, and also because of the jealousy he tends to have on the sexual pleasures he can’t have

Jake is consciously aware that there is a problem, which is more than can be said about his friends. Perhaps the people that surround Jake are the issue, though. His close friends and the people whom he travels with include Lady Brett Ashley, Robert Cohn, Bill, and Mike. Brett, the target of Jake’s unrequited affections, is likely someone whom he should stop spending time with; however, it seems that he just can’t get away from her. She is a very strong and independent woman who isn’t known to behave in a traditionally feminine way. Jakes does remark that although she is very independent, “She can’t go anywhere alone.” Robert Cohn is a Jewish, wealthy expatriate; but unlike many of his friends, did not spend any time in the war. Cohn also falls head over heels in love with Brett, who soon rejects his affections as well. As a wealthy, Jewish, non war veteran Cohn stands out in the group and his fumbling attempts to court Brett are the source of much mockery and leads to many fights. Bill is also an American veteran who seems to be always drinking. He tends to use humor to try and deal with the emotional scars of war; however, is not immune to the immaturity and cruelty sometimes characterized by Jake and his friends. Finally, Mike is a very heavy drinking Scottish war veteran who is completely bankrupt. He is seen to have a terrible temper, which most often displays while he is drunk. Mike is also not comfortable with the

After suffering a war injury that renders him impotent, Jake desperately tries to rekindle his romantic relationship with Brett to manage his trauma and avoid loneliness, but eventually realizes that he himself must deal with the lasting effect of the war. From the beginning, Jake shows his attraction to Brett when he sees her in a bar and notes that she “was damned good-looking” and “was built with curves like the hull of a racing yacht” (30). Jake’s particular attention to Brett hints

Robert goes to America and just likes the attention and realized he wasn’t even into Frances. Robert also ends up going off with Brett and no one knows . Later, Robert gets jealous of the guys Brett is with and has been with. Robert also gets to the point he is fighting with Jake. He has always loved Brett but now Robert is trying to interfere. Robert isn’t right in society either when he finds out Romero stole over Brett’s “love”. Robert goes and fights with Romero over Brett. Robert doesn’t have any self control when it comes to him not getting what he wants with a female. Robert is a stereotypical guy that sees females the wrong way. Robert is the type of guy that cannot have anything. Robert has money, travels around and writes. The only thing Robert is really missing is a female that loves and cares for him. In the end of the novel Robert starts making remarks to Jake. Robert seems to have trouble finding out himself, yet alone caring for another person. Cohn and Jake get into an argument and Jake waits for Robert to apologize. Robert and Jake later then, work things about but Robert still has a lot to learn about friendships and relationships.

Robert was enamored with this new women, “he was so sure that he loved her.” But similar to his last relationship, he wanted to leave Frances because he found their relationship to be pointless as while. Frances realized his feelings. Jake asked her what was the matter

Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises tells the story of a young World War I veteran, Jake Barnes, who struggles to develop relationships or direction in his life resulting from his impotency and excessive alcoholism. Jake and his friends acquiesce to the will of Brett Ashley, even though none of them can hold a lasting relationship with her. Hemingway uses the expression or lack of masculinity as a tool to convey the devastating effects of the atrocities of World War I upon the young men living as part of the Lost Generation.

In the book The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemmingway the story is based around the two lives of Jacob Barnes and Robert Cohn. Jake and Robert are very unique characters created by Hemmingway to depict his feelings towards depression and loneliness. Both begin the story living in Paris, France, Robert engaged to be married and Jake living his everyday life. Jake is a war veteran as well as a journalist and Robert is a Jewish writer. Although these two men are quite different they share many similarities as well and begin our story as swell friends.

Brett would be the ultimate confirmation of Jake's masculinity. However, the very thing for which Jake is trying to compensate, his war injury, is the reason Brett can't be with him. The fact that Brett is observed as nothing more as an obstacle that the main character Jake has to overcome is a completely incorrect

1.) The people in the novel The Sun Also Rises are lost in more ways than one. The men all throughout the novel would struggle with the idea of masculinity. For instance Romero is wanting to marry Brett. Although, he wants Brett to conform to the traditional, feminine woman. Brett confides into Jake saying how "He said it would make me more womanly. I'd look a fright," (246). This connects to the idea of masculinity and how it is hard for men in that time period to obtain it. That is because one of the many ways masculinity was obtained wat through women. If he could control Brett how he wanted, and marry her, he would become more manly. Another way in which the people in the novel are lost is that they feel a need to be accepted. Cohn was

The matador is a figure both of masculinity in his strength and gender, and femininity in his passivity, dress, and manipulation of desire. The passivity of the feminized matador “becomes her strength … against the man who goes ‘straight to the point’” (Schwartz 65). This question of “going straight to the point” is questioned in the text and is analogous to the loudness and failed performances of masculinity and men like Cohn are further likened to a bull. While figures of androgyny exercise great power in the book and failed male figures, the bulls and the men Brett controls fall to the figure of androgyny, Hemingway complicates the power of the androgynous figure through his masculine figure, Jake. Jake in unable to go “straight to the point” as he is impotent. Instead Jake’s position involves a triangulation of the desire manipulated in a bullfight and he represents an observer. He both observes the object of his affection Brett manipulate the desires of men and he watches the figure of a matador manipulate the desires of the bull, suggesting a

Jake and Robert Cohn and their relationship is another indicator of the theme of masculine insecurity. Hemingway plays up the tensions of competition and jealousy to demonstrate just how uncertain his male characters are. Cohn seems to sincerely be keen of Jake, and while Jake is normally nice toward him although he does not really seem to reciprocate Cohn’s warmth. Their relationship changes once Jake discovers Cohn’s fling with Brett. After this incident, he is more unfriendly toward him, and more critical of him. A conversation that happens later between Jake and Bill hints at Jake’s jealousy. Bill asks Jake if he was ever in love with Brett and Jake responds with “Off and on for a hell of a long time.” Bill apologizes for being inconsiderate, Jake them claims he no longer cares. Bill is skeptic of this though (128). The competition between Jake and Cohn relationship reaches its first peak, when he finds out about Cohn’s trip with Brett and their sexual affair and by Cohn’s belief that he knows Brett better than Jake does. His hatred for Cohn grows even more throughout the novel with Jake

He is constantly drinking to keep his mind off Brett, the love of his life, but drinking eventually leads him right to her. The reality is Jake is extremely self conscious. This has more to do with his impotence which has stripped him of his perception of manhood and resultantly wounded his confidence. He jokes about his impotency and remarks how “what happened to [him] is supposed to be funny. (pg 15)”

The way a person reacts to and treats other people plays a great role in his character. Jake Barnes and Lady Brett Ashley’s relationships make their characters more memorable. Jake’s actions give signs of a lack of self confidence. Because of Jake’s would he is handicapped from his old life. This disability probably makes him feel like a failure. Even though war caused his injury he would look back at it saying he had a choice to go to war, or he was not careful enough. Looking at himself this way also takes away from the rude responses that he gets from Brett. Since he believes that everything is his fault and he is the problem he would think that everything Brett says is okay. Even though Jake feels like a failure he still has self respect. He does not have his eye on many women other than Brett,

It has been called one of Hemingway’s greatest literary works as it is the “quintessential novel of the Lost Generation.” Its strong language and subject matter portray a powerful image of the state of disenchantment felt in the 1920’s after the war. The interactions between the characters in this novel display a society living without convictions, affirming Gertrude Stein’s quotation at the beginning of the novel, “You are all a lost generation.” To paint this vivid picture of discontentment and disillusionment Hemingway tears away traditional ideas and values by stifling the appearance of God and religion. Ernest Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises is a poignant take on how the consequences of war can limit or diminish the presence of God and religious faith amongst those living in a post war society.