The novel The Sun Also Rises is written into three parts.
as an introduction; the second part is the body, the main point of the novel; .
the third part acts as a conclusion.
Part one takes place in Paris. It introduces us to the main character Jake .
Barnes, Lady Brett Ashley, and Robert Cohn. Jake is the narrator and .
explains to the reader the life of Cohn. During this section of the novel .
it is suggested that Jakes is impotent from a war wound because he cannot.
accept any sexual offerings from a prostitute due to an "illness-. The reader.
also learns that Brett and Jake have a past and that they still care for one .
another but Brett will not put herself in a relationship with Jake because .
of his suggested impotency. .
During part two we are introduced to more characters who join the other.
three main characters on a trip to Spain. Mike Campbell is Brett's fiancé and .
Bill Gorton is a friend of Jakes from the war. Bill and Jake go on a fishing .
trip together while Cohn goes to meet Brett and Mike in a different town. .
Jake becomes suspicious of an affair between Cohn and Brett because of .
Cohn's deep infatuation with Brett. When everyone meets up in Pamplona .
they join in the festivities of the bullfights that are being held. While in .
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Pamplona Cohn develops stalker like characteristics over Brett which .
annoys everyone while they are trying to enjoy themselves, especially Jake. .
A large amount of hatred had grown inside of him for Cohn because of his .
affair with Brett. Brett is also annoyed with Cohn and tells him that it was.
a one-time fling and that she does not dwell on the past. Meanwhile Brett is.
having an affair with a young bullfighter named Pedro Romero. Cohn is not .
happy with this and calls Jake a "pimp- for selling Brett off to Romero. Jake .
swings a punch at Cohn but misses and Cohn knocks Jake down. Cohn also.
finds Romero with Brett and physically beats Romero badly. This is the .