The title, "the Sun Also Rises" gives a meaning, that everything even the sun must go on, no mater what. ... The bullfighting gives me the idea of a kind of sexual ritual between the bullfighter and the bull, so it means that Brett has sex like an animal, she has had sexual relationships with a lot of bulls, animals, or characters, but there are only two significant characters that really matter to her, Romero and Jake. Romero is a real bullfighter, so he plays his natural roll, but the place of Jake in the symbolic bullfighting, is that Jake tries really hard to escape from the bull, Brett,...

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• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

As she makes her way along in the furrow, Phoenix states that she is "glad this is not the season for bulls, and the good Lord made his snakes to curl up and sleep in the winter. ... The progression of imagery from a dim, golden color to a flicker and a flame illustrates the symbolic nature of the main character to that of the mythical Phoenix. ... Phoenix Jackson in the story also feels this nearing of time as she makes her way along the path and overcomes the obstacles she faces. After getting caught up in a thorny bush the character observes the time passing: "Sun so high! ... Both pass...

• Word Count: 825
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• Grade Level: High School