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William Adair's The Sun Also Rises
William Adair's thesis focuses mainly on the central aspect of the novel, The Sun Also Rises, which is gossip. Throughout the novel, The Sun Also Rises, characters such as Jake would spy on others only to have information on the latest. Jake, for instance, was the main contributor about all the gossip, even spreading rumors about his own friend Cohn. Several months had passed before Jake took it upon himself to write a review of Cohn's novel with the intent to find more information to use against him. As readers progress through the novel, they'll slowly realize Jake's stories are not factual as he makes readers turn against Cohn or creates an ugly picture of Cohn's physical appearance. As the story continues Cohn is the most easily talked

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