Part one of term paper
This idea is even tied into the original cover art of the book. In that picture we see an intoxicated woman (presumably Brett, as she is the only female of any significance in the story) lying with her head on her shoulder, sleeping beneath the eye of the sun. This juxtaposition of the sun and the woman shows a link between them. As if the w ...

Part two of term paper
... is this generation as a whole ‘lost’? Let’s take Jake as a perfect example. He went off to fight in the first World War in an effort to find himself, but came back a shell of a man. Not only did he fail in finding himself, he lost nearly everything he had. His ideals were shattered, his genitals left on a battlefield in Europe with his ability to be subjective and involve himself emotionally with the world around him. His life (as viewed in his narrative) is simply moving from on ...