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    The Sun Also Rises

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    struggles the characters encounter through experiences they had. <br> <br>The Sun Also Rises takes place in France following the First World War. The main character and narrator is Jake Barnes a newspaper reporter and war veteran. His life corresponds directly to that of the Lost Generation‚ for he is the Lost Generation. Jake lives a very simple life‚ he gets up and eats‚ goes to work‚ goes out with someone for lunch‚ goes back to work‚ than goes out with friends to eat supper and drink the night away

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    on Shasta Lake who were enjoying the week on a houseboat. This would be the first time meeting all his aunts‚ uncles‚ grandparents‚ and cousins. I did not expect for the meeting to end up like this. Brandon‚ my boyfriend‚ and his younger cousin‚ Jake‚ picked me up at Packers Bay in the ski boat. It was a chilly morning and I was in shorts and tank top and had only my towel to keep me warm. The boys forgot where the houseboat was parked in the lake. We spent the next hour and half searching the

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    to be found in the novel. Although Lionel Trilling in 1939 afforded his readers a salutary‚ corrective view‚ most commentators have found the meaning inherent in the pattern of the work despairing. Perhaps most outspoken is E. M. Halliday‚ who sees Jake Barnes as adopting "a kind of desperate caution" as his modus vivendi. Halliday concludes that the movement of the novel is a movement of progressive "emotional insularity" and that the novel’s theme is one of "moral atrophy." ["Hemingway’s Narrative

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    up of character Beth Heke’s face as she looks at herself with pride in the mirror. At this point of the scene she is feeling okay about herself‚ she can see something worthwhile in herself. Later in the scene when Jake‚ her husband‚ has brought his friends home for a party‚ we see Jake and Beth through an eye-level shot as they sing lovingly together. This shows at this moment in the party‚ they are equal with each other and happy. They are a couple who have love for one another. This all changes

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    novel is the love story between Brett and Jake. They had fallen in love during the war‚ but Jake had suffered a war wound that left him impotent. Brett is divorced‚ sensual and immoral‚ portrayed as the new example of female sexual freedom. She’s engaged to be married to a wealthy man but sleeps with whomever she pleases. This is one of the recurring themes of moral decay‚ the casual sex‚ the lack of respect to long held traditions like monogamy and marriage. Jake says to her “I guess you like to add

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    granted as a special honor or as an acknowledgment of merit | Jake and his friends are war veterans that have received accolades for their services. | A - odium | general hatred/disgust directed toward someone as a result of their actions | Mike shows odium towards Robert Cohn because he keeps following Brett around. | A - opprobrium | harsh criticism/censure | | 2. lackadaisical | lacking enthusiasm and determination | When Jake and Georgette were at the dance club‚ Jack was lackadaisical

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    played by Denzel in the movie expressed many forms of management throughout this movie. He displayed different basic management functions‚ fundamental management skills‚ parts of the evolution of management‚ and also some other key management terms. Jake Hoyt‚ who Alonzo is supposed to give in an evaluation on‚ also shows many different forms of management throughout this movie. The first thing I noticed during this movie was the basic management functions that Alonzo was planning throughout the whole

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    He was my first love‚ Jake! I felt my hands were stoked by another‚ which was warm. As I opened my eyes‚ I saw that Jake was hovering over me. I let out a gasp which might shocked him as he let go my hand straight away. “You fainted‚ so I carried you in. By the way‚ nice to meet you again‚ Rose.” I just stared at him‚ not believing that he was there. It must be I dreaming‚ so I pinched my hand and I can felt the pain. It was not a dream. I was surprised by how much Jake had

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    Case Application:- More Than a Good Story Jake and Rocket‚ a cartoon guy and his cartoon dog‚ can be found on most of the apparel and other branded products sold by the Life is good® company. With his perky beret (or other appropriate head gear)‚ Jake has that contented look of being able to enjoy life as it is and finding reasons to be happy right now. And Rocket? Well‚ he’s just happy to be along for the ride. And what a ride it’s been for the two! They’ve been a part of the company’s growth to

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    have‚ to the point of self-destruction. Brett Ashley wants a man that would never be able to satisfy her. Jake Barnes wants a woman he could never make happy. Dexter Green wants to conquer the unconquerable woman. Judy Jones wants the undivided attention of every eligible man on the east coast. What is it about these people that make them crave the unattainable? What is it about Dexter and Jake that leave them at the mercy of women who could not be "won in the kinetic sense" (Fitzgerald)? There are

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