Part one of term paper
In Ernest Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises, Jake Barnes is a lost man who wastes his life on drinking. Towards the beginning of the book Robert Cohn asks Jake, “Don’t you ever get the feeling that all your life is going by and you’re not taking advantage of it? Do you realize that you’ve lived nearly half the ti ...

Part two of term paper
... is centered on readjusting himself to normal life after World War I. Jake is lost and doesn’t know what to do. He has a few friends with whom he goes and drinks and eats with, but it seems at times that he doesn’t enjoy this nor does he really like his friends. Jake also at times seems to realize how bad his life is, but then never regrets it. He is in love with Brett Ashley, but she is always with other people, including Robert Cohn, which makes Jake jealous. This jealousy turn ...