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A veteran of the First World War, American expatriate Jake Barnes is a writer living in Paris. He is a member of the lost generation—the young men who returned from the war irrevocably changed, and who now drift, disillusioned, through life. Lady Brett Ashley is a young British noblewoman, scandalously divorced and now moving from love affair to love affair, despite her engagement to Mike Campbell. American author Ernest Hemingway’s first novel, The Sun Also Rises explores Jake and Brett’s unrealized relationship from their time together in the café society of Paris to the excitement of a trip to see the bullfights in Pamplona. Redolent with themes of love and loss, The Sun Also Rises showcases Hemingway’s trademark pared-down literary style, and helped establish his reputation as one of the greatest authors of his generation -- from Amazon Book Summary. SSF Book Club April 2021 The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway: Go Beyond the Book
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Author Interviews An Interview with Ernest Hemingway's Son, Patrick Hemingway (Part I) An Interview with Ernest Hemingway's Son, Patrick Hemingway (Part II) Ernest Hemingway Recording Discussion Questions April 2021 The Sun Also Rises When Jake Barnes rebuffs the prostitute Georgette because he is "sick," she says, "Everybody's sick. I'm sick, too" (p.23). Is Georgette's observation an appropriate description of the people in the novel? Why is Jake's emasculating wound such an effective symbol?
When Jake and Bill walk during the Paris evening looking at Notre Dame, watching young lovers, and savoring cooking smells, Jake asks whether Bill would like a drink. Why does Bill respond, "No...I don't need it" (p. 83)? Why does Jake say that for Cohn the Bayonne cathedral was "a very good example of something or other" (p. 96)? Discussion Questions April 2021 The Sun Also Rises Is Jake and Bill's fishing trip to Burguete relevant to the epigraph from Ecclesiastes? How do their conversations in Burguete differ from those they have back in Pamplona? How do Robert's, Mike's, and Brett's absences from the fishing trip set them apart from Jake and Bill? Why is the Englishman Harris included in the Burguete scene?
How would you describe Jake Barnes's relationship with Brett? Does he love her; understand her? Is his view of Brett constant? How does he see her at the close of the novel? What does he mean when he says, "Isn't it pretty to think so," when Brett tells him that they "could have had such a damned good time together" (p. 251)? Discussion Questions April 2021 The Sun Also Rises If Hemingway's novel is about "the lost generation," do we conclude that all five of the persons who have gone to Pamplona are lost? Is there evidence that moral or spiritual cleansing ever takes place in the novel? How does Hemingway explore what it means to be in exile in The Sun Also Rises? How does Hemingway explore notions of nationalism in The Sun Also Rises? What qualities of the new woman does Brett represent in The Sun Also Rises? How might the title The Sun Also Rises refer to the protagonist Jake as well as to the generation to which he belongs? How does Hemingway explore homophobia in Chapter 3 of The Sun Also Rises? In The Sun Also Rises, how are Brett and Frances alike and different? Discussion Questions April 2021 The Sun Also Rises What does Brett mean when she describes the Count as "one of us" in Chapter 4 of The Sun Also Rises? In The Sun Also Rises, what do Jake's assessment of and attitudes toward Cohn reveal about Jake's character? In The Sun Also Rises, how are the expatriate characters corrupted by their lives in Paris? In what respects are characters in The Sun Also Rises lost?
Questions from: https://www.litlovers.com/reading- guides/fiction/8355-sun-also-rises- hemingway?start=3 and https://www.coursehero.com/lit/The-Sun-Also- Rises/discussion-questions/page-1/ Discussion Questions April 2021 The Sun Also Rises: Further Reading Resources: PBS JFK Library The Hemingway Resource Center
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