On the other hand, Brett is an enigmatic New Woman: free to drink and carouse with the men, she is seductive, but aching for the reassurance and love of a real relationship, and not just sex. Jake is a character of troubled masculinity: his war wound has fundamentally changed him as a man, and his behavior is often tentative, unsure, and placating. Hemingway explores the aimless, heavy drinking, and dramatic lives of Jake, Brett, and their friends as a means to reflect the Lost Generation as a whole. As they drift through their lives in postwar Paris, they find themselves on a trip with some friends to Spain to witness the Festival of San Fermin, a week-long bacchanal whose highlight is bullfighting. A wound sustained during the war has left him unable to have sex, and that drives a wedge between him and the woman he loves: Brett Ashley, a twice-divorcÃ©e who has embraced the sexual freedom and independence of the age. The novel follows Jake Barnes, an American expat living in the Parisian cafÃ© society of the roaring 20s. The Sun Also Rises was Ernest Hemingwayâs first published novel, and the novel that introduced the term âLost Generationâ to describe the generation that came to adulthood during World War I. Â 53 in the Guardianâs Best 100 Novels in English (2015) Â 45 in the Modern Libraryâs 100 Best Novels

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