A Literary Analysis Of The Sun Also Rises

Ernest Hemingway"s "The Sun Also Rises" is a story about a group of people living in Paris. They do not seem to have real jobs; it is like they are trying to find some meaning to life. They travel, drink and have casual sex frequently. I want to talk about the three main characters: Robin Cohn, Jake Barnes, and Brett Ashley.
The first character introduced was Robert Cohn, a Jewish man, once a middleweight boxing champion, a divorcee with three children, and a writer. Robert lived with a woman friend, Frances, who was jealous, insecure and very vain. Robert read W.H. Hudson's "The Purple Land" and used the contents of this book for a "guide-book to what life holds". After reading "The Purple Land" he had the desire to get awayand wanted to go to South America. Most of his l...