Lit Analysis #2

1. The Sun Also Rises is a story about two gentlemen from Paris, Jake Barnes and Robert Cohn who both take a trip to Pamplona in order to to bid farewell to Brett Ashley, a friend of Jake's, and to go to a fiesta. The two along with Bill Gorton travel to Spain, then to Pamplona. The three men along with Brett and Mike Campell, who is said to be Brett's fiance. As the fiesta goes on Brett starts falling in love with a nineteen-year-old bullfighter named Pedro Romero. After the fiesta is over, Brett and Romero leave for Madrid, and the rest of the men go their separate ways. Brett later contacts Jake telling him that she left Romero and wants to back with Mike. Jake then books tickets to send Brett out of Madrid

2. A theme to the story is male insecurity, since Brett's love for Romero caused harsh fights between the men, one including a fight between Romero and Robert

3. The tone of the novel was mutual. There was no difference when talking about one character or another

4. Narrator- The narrator of the novel was the character Jake. It was not, however written in a first person perspective, and it is told like Jake is looking back upon the events

Vernacular/Dialect- With the story taking place in different European countries, the characters would sometimes speak different languages. For example, since the Robert and Jake live in Paris, French would occasionally be spoken. And when in Spain, some characters would speak in Spanish

Structure- The dialog in the story is structure in individual lines, as if they were like a script

1. One example of direct Characterization in the story is Robert. Jake describes most of Robert's life story including his time in World War I, up to his current job as a writer. An example of indirect characterization is Mike Campell, who is only briefly described

2. The author doesn't really have a changing syntax

3. I think Jake is a dynamic character. In the beginning of the story, he does have feelings for Brett and has a bit of jealousy for the fact she was engaged, but as the story went on, he began to accept it more that Brett will go after different guys

4. I don't feel like I knew a character personally, but seeing things through Jake's perspective helped getting to know things better