Book Analysis: The Sun also Rises

Ernest Hemingway wrote the novel “The Sun Also Rises” in 1925 and was published in 1926. It is about a group of British and American ex-patriots that travel from Paris to the Festival of San Fermin in Pamplona, to see the Running of the Bulls and the Bullfights. Bill Gorton and Jake Barnes leave Paris or as Hemingway puts it “shove off” to Burguete, Spain, where they go trout fishing on the Irati River. Many may ask why the fishing scene is so important. In this essay the reader will get a better understanding of how two adult men have a coming of age experience on the trip.
The fishing trip is significant as it shows that going to a different place is free from the complications of Paris and the distress women may cause. Barnes even states that “women made such swell friends. Awfully swell” (Hemingway, 1926) suggesting that women are more harmful than helpful. Gorton and Barnes were free to communicate to each other and developed a relationship which is open from the pressure of having women present. This added a layer of drama and depth to the city itself.
Barnes and Gorton are in an area that is extremely different from the fast pace city life that Paris brings. On the trip, Gorton and Barnes are able to express themselves since they are surrounded by nature and not bound to the social structure of their society. The men open up to one another with little to no fear. An example of this is when Bill tells Jake how he feels about him. “And you're a hell of a good guy. Anybody ever tell you were a good guy?” “I'm not a good guy.” “Listen. You're a hell of a good guy, and I'm fonder of you than anybody on earth. I couldn't tell you that in New York. It'd mean I was a faggot (Hemingway,1926). Barnes trusts Gorton because he knows that Gorton is not going to take what he said out of context.
Today one may call their relationship a bro-mance. There is a certain love that only a friend can give you. They have a special bond and a female would not be able to