The title, "the Sun Also Rises" gives a meaning, that everything even the sun must go on, no mater what. ... The fact that Hemingway is a lost generation character, is reflected in the way must of his characters feel. They don't have any future plan, they forget about their families, don't care about the money, or even their jobs; they have no perception of what they really wanted, so all of them were lost. ...

• Word Count: 424
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

First published in 1926, The Sun Also Rises concerns a group of American living in Europe during the 1920s. ... Jake also tells us that he was wounded in World War I, and that his injury has left him in the supremely frustrating condition of being impotent without diminishing his sexual desire. Jake brings the tale into the present night at the Café Napolitan, a popular haunt of the "lost generation" and the avant garde in the Left Bank district of Paris. ...

• Word Count: 1219
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Lady Brett Ashley Lady Brett Ashley is a very unique character in the novel The Sun Also Rises. ... This causes her to lose the one love of her life and spend the rest of it wandering from relationship to relationship searching for true love much as the lost generation searched for their prewar values of love and romance that simply didn't exist when they came back. ... Lady Brett is also blessed with stunning beauty and great charisma. ... Finally, at the end of the novel Jake has given up on te novel and realizes that it is a lost cause. ... The character of Lady Brett Ashley ...

• Word Count: 593
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

It was during this time that Hemingway and a group of ex-patriot American artists and writers became known as the "lost generation."" ... Hemingway also had a deep appreciation for bullfighting. ... But it is also possible to read this as, "only the bullfighters existed."" ... At one time, he had been very promising, but upon being gored in the abdomen, he lost his courage in the ring. ... Paco was also disillusioned in his admiration for the tall waiter. ...

• Word Count: 3224
• Approx Pages: 13
• Grade Level: High School