The Sun Also Rises Foreshadowing

“You can’t get away from yourself by moving from one place to another,” (Hemingway, 19). After every war fought, death imbues into the lives of the survivors. The destruction creates a sickness within them. They live behind contradictory facades, hiding their true selves. Often, their generation has warped views on life. This is usually the result of a loss. The loss may be that of a person, or perhaps a bodily wound. These losses inhibit the survivors from living fully. Thus, they become a lost generation. When interacted with, this generation is deceptive, showing one thing but feeling another. In Hemingway’s “The Sun Also Rises,” perspective, context, and style are all used to show how the generation following World War I was a lost and

As mentioned, all the characters display irony: from Brett’s not wanting to be with Jake because of his impotency but fearing intimacy, to Mike’s celebrated false accomplishments (Hemingway, 35, 119). By using irony, it is obvious that the characters are not straightforward. Every feeling they have is ironic; therefore every affection is a deceptive lie. Furthermore, Hemingway uses false foreshadowing via the weather to hint at future events, like how there were “no clouds on the mountains” (Hemingway, 117), although the loss of a friendship was on the horizon. This foreshadowing further emphasizes how their generation is fraudulent. The generation is so deceptive and untraceable, the weather could not predict their future. Lastly, Hemingway uses the symbol of the bull (Hemingway, 136) to convey Jake’s fake masculinity. Using the symbol of virility as Jake’s passion is deceptive, as he lacks old-fashioned masculinity. Thus, the use of the symbol is not straightforward, though it was never intended to be. Ultimately, Hemingway uses deceptive literary devices to emphasize how lost and ostensible their generation