The Sun Also Rises Feminist Quotes

“My aim is to put down on paper what I see and what I feel in the best and simplest way.” - Ernest Hemingway. This quote is a perfect example of what Hemingway does in his novel, The Sun Also Rises. He took what he saw in the current time and generation and wrote down the “theme” of the 1920’s. What Hemingway ultimately wrote about the 1920’s generation was his take on the overpowering and beautiful new woman figure and how the modern woman acted compared to the traditional. Lady Brett Ashley is a perfect example for the modern woman of the lost generation, because of her sexual freedom and how she doesn't stay with one sexual partner.

At the beginning of of the novel we see the first example we get around three examples of womanhood. The

Jake prepares himself and goes to the place they agreed to meet at, but Brett was nowhere to be found as he says, “Brett did not turn up, so about quarter to six I went down to the bar and had a Jack Rose with George the barman. Brett had not been in the bar either, and so I looked for her up-stairs on my way out, and took a taxi to the Café Select.” (p. 48). Jake waits awhile in hopes she'd show up but she never does. Seeing this shows how Brett really doesn't keep her appointments and doesn't care whether she shows up on time, or ever. The traditional woman usually always keeps her appointments and shows up, thus showing how Brett is very modern and doesn't really care about how Jake does. Then we see more proof of France's’ traditional womanhood when she herself states that, “‘I always keep my appointments. No one keeps theirs, nowadays…’” (p. 53). She is pointing out how she still has that traditional woman quality to where she won't let someone down when making plans and is very formal about them. She also says that no one keeps them nowadays, talking about the new modern woman, like what happened with Jake earlier that day with Brett never showing up. After not showing up to their date, Brett and the Count shows up to Jake’s house. The count states “You were quite drunk, my dear.” ( p. 61). Brett agrees with this statement, but Jake doesn't seem to believe it in full. The fact that even trying to convince Jake she missed the date due to her drunken state does not cover the fact she was with the count, but has no shame in covering it up. This is most likely hurting Jake that she bailed on him for the count and she couldn’t care less, showing how independent she really