Code of "The Lost Generation"

Ernest Hemingway believed the generation that came of age after World War I was a lost generation. “The Lost Generation” was simply defined as a bunch of disillusioned young men and women that survived World War I, who lost their morals, and direction of their lives. Like the characters in the novel they spent their time drinking, and traveling as a way to escape reality. Most of these young men and women had dreams, but after the war, they came back physically, and emotionally wounded. They spent most of their time in cafes; due to this they became bitter, and lost hope in life. In the novel The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway, “The Lost Generation” is a theme that appears throughout. The code that is seemingly apparent for Jake Barnes and Frances Clyne in Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises is irresponsibility.
Jake Barnes being the narrator and protagonist of the novel is one of the characters that represents the worst of “The Lost Generation.” Due to the wa...