When The Sun Also Rises Hemingway Response Analysis
SOUTHARD 1
The Sun Also Rises Hemingway Response Essay
Trey Southard ENG 440 Zeller January 7, 2014
SOUTHARD 2
Prompt: If the Sun Also Rises serves as a fictional ode to Hemingway’s feelings about the first world war then why did he and his circle of expatriates feel unwilling or unable to return home? Ernest Hemingway’s, The Sun Also Rises is basically the telling of Hemingway’s personal story after the war. He and his expatriates could have been in America, but they chose to live in Paris among other places they could have lived. Hemingway and his circle or expatriates felt unwilling or unable to return home because they couldn’t escape their …show more content…
They wanted a new code to live by and new meaning for their lives after the things that occurred during the war. World War I resulted in a total of 37,508,686 casualties, and over 8 million of which died (Simkin, 1997). Having been a survivor, Hemingway must have felt a pull towards finding a greater meaning for his life. Just like most people after the war, Hemingway and his circle of expatriates found themselves with a thirst for adventure. “When Hemingway returned home from Italy in January of 1919, he found Oak Parks dull compared to the adventures of war “(Wilson, 1996). Hemingway undoubtedly wanted adventure this being part of the reason why he took a job that brought him to Paris. He was not interested in being at home. Not to mention that he and his fellow adventurers drank quite a bit as the Sun Also Rises depicts. America took on prohibition of alcohol only a couple years after Hemingway returned and during that time he had to be out of the country if he was to drink legally. Hemingway’s story reveals reasons why he and his expatriates felt unwilling to return home in The Sun Also Rises. These reasons stand to show that the people of the Lost Generation acted similarly to Hemingway in reaction to WWI. Hemingway and his friends were trying to escape their past, they were in search of meaning for life, and they wanted
The Sun Also Rises Hemingway Response Essay
Trey Southard ENG 440 Zeller January 7, 2014
SOUTHARD 2
Prompt: If the Sun Also Rises serves as a fictional ode to Hemingway’s feelings about the first world war then why did he and his circle of expatriates feel unwilling or unable to return home? Ernest Hemingway’s, The Sun Also Rises is basically the telling of Hemingway’s personal story after the war. He and his expatriates could have been in America, but they chose to live in Paris among other places they could have lived. Hemingway and his circle or expatriates felt unwilling or unable to return home because they couldn’t escape their …show more content…
They wanted a new code to live by and new meaning for their lives after the things that occurred during the war. World War I resulted in a total of 37,508,686 casualties, and over 8 million of which died (Simkin, 1997). Having been a survivor, Hemingway must have felt a pull towards finding a greater meaning for his life. Just like most people after the war, Hemingway and his circle of expatriates found themselves with a thirst for adventure. “When Hemingway returned home from Italy in January of 1919, he found Oak Parks dull compared to the adventures of war “(Wilson, 1996). Hemingway undoubtedly wanted adventure this being part of the reason why he took a job that brought him to Paris. He was not interested in being at home. Not to mention that he and his fellow adventurers drank quite a bit as the Sun Also Rises depicts. America took on prohibition of alcohol only a couple years after Hemingway returned and during that time he had to be out of the country if he was to drink legally. Hemingway’s story reveals reasons why he and his expatriates felt unwilling to return home in The Sun Also Rises. These reasons stand to show that the people of the Lost Generation acted similarly to Hemingway in reaction to WWI. Hemingway and his friends were trying to escape their past, they were in search of meaning for life, and they wanted