Jake is especially perplexed about his manhood because he lost a key aspect of it during the war. ... It is also an underlying them of both books. ... Nick and Jake are also similar in that both are not really happy with their lives in terms of employment. ... Representing the common sentiment of the time, both novels depict the manner in which the "Lost Generation" attempts to relieve their restlessness and pain through the consumption of alcohol. ...

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• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

When Hemingway came back to America from the Italian front after the war was over, America just seemed to be boring and dull (Lost Generation 2). He once described where he grew up after he had come back from the war as "A place where people had wide lawns and narrow minds" (Lost Generation 2). ... Hemingway became close to these authors and after Gertrude Stein said to Hemingway "You are all a lost generation" a new term was coined and they thus were referred to as "The Lost Generation" (Lost Generation 4). All of the writers of the "Lost Generation" were Americans that were somehow disenf...

• Word Count: 840
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

This generation is often referred to as the "Lost Generation."" ... The Sun Also Rises was Hemingway's first major novel published in 1926. ... The Sun Also Rises is a novel by Ernest Hemingway portraying the mentality of the youth of the 1920's. ... In The Sun Also Rises Lady Brett Ashley has numerous affairs. ... In The Sun Also Rises the group travels to Pamplona, Spain to watch the bull fights and to attend the Bacchanalian celebration. ...

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• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Hemingway embodies the same features in Lady Brett Ashley who plays a very significant role in The Sun Also Raises by seducing most of the male characters with her charm and sexual confidence. ... The new generation of women began to focus more on their individuality and sexuality, and they encouraged the degeneration of the strict Victorian morals. ... If we shift to The Sun Also Rises and we take a look at Brett-Jake relationship we can assume that perhaps Brett is interested in the "wounded" part of Jack, while Jack is interested in the "manly" part of Brett. ... Lady As...

• Word Count: 1622
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate