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    F. Scott Fitzgerald ’s The Great Gatsby and Ernest Hemingway ’s The Sun Also Rises both define the culture of the 1920s through the behaviors and thoughts of their characters. The characters in both novels have a sense of sadness and emptiness‚ which they resolve through sex and alcohol. This can be attributed to the disillusionment surrounding the Great War‚ better known as World War I. Jay Gatsby in The Great Gatsby represents the Jazz Age and high life of the 1920s‚ in contrast to Brett Ashley

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    The two stories "Araby" and "Hills like White Elephant" have many points in common as well as differences. These stories deal with the realization of growing up or realization of the truth in sub-genre Love story.James Joyce’s “ Araby “is a tale about the disappointment of first love‚ he shows the maturing of a young boy into a man. Ernest Hemingway tells about a girl realizing the facts about her surroundings and herself. Then the reality of the character situations leads them both toward the end

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    The criticisms on The Sun Also Rises all say that this book was written in a too masculine way‚ as it was pretty much his point of view on the post war and the novel was written based on his personal experience‚ like in the quote: "Hemingway’s analysis of the expatriate lifestyle relies heavily on personal experience. As a result‚ the novel is often considered a masculine piece." I definitely agree with this quote because everything that happens in the story revolves around in a manly way. It seems

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    The Sun Also Rises In Ernest Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises‚ we encounter two very interesting characters—Pedro Romero and Count Mippipopolous —who represent what Hemingway called an ‘exemplar”. An exemplar is someone who lives life in an exemplary manner. He is usually a man who experiences a sacred hurt and found joy. We see Jake Barns learn from Romero and Mippipopolous’s impressive outlook on life and apply it to his own life. In contrast to other characters that fervently search for meaning

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    Analysis of the short story ‘Hills like White Elephants’ by Ernest Hemingway. Word Count: 1367 Hills like White Elephants – Ernest Hemingway “Will Jig have the abortion and stay with the man; will Jig have the abortion and leave the man; or will Jig not have the abortion and win the man over to her point of view?” (Hashmi‚ N‚ 2003). These are the three different scenarios that have been seriously considered in Ernest Hemingway’s short story‚ “Hills like White Elephants”. Ernest Hemingway is a

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    LIKE THE SUN” by R. K. Narayan ABOUT THE AUTHOR. R. K. Narayan (1906–2001) was born in Madras‚ India. After completing his education‚ he taught in a small village school. Narayan left teaching to devote himself full time to writing‚ and in 1935 he published his first novel‚ Swami and Friends. Two other early works‚ The Bachelor of Arts and Mr. Sampath‚ helped establish his reputation internationally. The Financial Expert (1952)‚ his first novel to be published in the United States‚ was followed

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    Calm After the Storm in The Sun Also Rises The veterans of World War I are referred to as the “Lost Generation.” The young men and women who serve during this time become adrift from their previous morals and values. Marriage‚ love‚ and loss are different for them. Desensitized‚ with many suffering posttraumatic stress disorder‚ the men and women are expected to return and continue their life before the war. However‚ as Ernest Hemingway and his novel The Sun Also Rises proves‚ this is not the case

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    The After Effects of the War in The Sun Also Rises Ernest Hemmingway was an intellectual writer who used characters‚ setting‚ and action in the novel‚ The Sun Also Rises‚ to convey many themes. He is also known to be a writer about the World War I time period. Thus‚ World War I has affected each of the characters in the novel in one-way or another. The war serves to haunt many of the characters and is the source of great pain in the book. Two characters that are specifically affected by the war

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    In the renowned novel The Sun Also Rises (1926) by Ernest Hemingway‚ there is a reoccurring theme of sexuality. The new mindset that the moderns have when it comes to relationships is that men and women should be able to enjoy their sexual relations without the commitment of being in a relationship‚ such as marriage. Men and women struggle with relationships and sexuality during the modern age because the women are confused as to what type of affection they want‚ the men are spiritually broken‚ and

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    The Sun Also Rises: Liberal Use of Dialogue by Hemingway The remarkable thing about the book was its liberal use of dialogue and how Hemingway used it to carry the reader through the book. There was no plot in the book in the sense that there was no twists‚ intrigue‚ or goals for any of the characters and the dialogue was the only thing that moved the reader through the book. Hemingway used so much dialogue that it was difficult at times to follow who was saying what‚ but I believe this didn’t matter

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