James Carson, from "The Story of One White Woman,"" and Jake Barnes, from The Sun Also Rises, fail to embody the traditional characteristics of masculinity. While James lacks honor and does not represent a protector, or a provider, Jake remains physically emasculated. Despite the seemingly impossible task of living up to traditional standards of masculinity "ideals such as honor, duty, and heterosexuality' "Ernest Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises, and Sui Sin Far's "The Story of One White Woman who Married a Chinese,"" suggest that failed masculinity often results ...

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Monahan continues on to say that "Hemmingway's objective characters innate instincts, necessary for moving within a rigid social structure, are deadened by World War I, and adapting themselves to the postwar climate only serves to hinder them in the quest for finding meaning in their lives- ("The Sun Also Rises Analysis-). ...

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The Sun Also Rises Lack of Heroes In most novels we see protagonists and antagonists, those that strive for a good common goal, and then those that serve no purpose but to get in the way of that goal. We observe heroes, people that surpass the n...

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