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The Sun Also Rises Relationships

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The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway is a novel that can define one's understanding and alter the idea of the post WWI generation. The story follows a ragtag group of expatriates living in Europe and their obscure relationships and insecurities throughout their lives. It shows the loss along with the feeling of being lost in a mundane daily cycle along with the importance of a person’s relationship with nature and themselves. So, as it would have seemed in the novel, the characters couldn’t comprehend what kind of circumstances they were each trapped in. Each character was also trying to understand their on their own what their purpose was through a certain sort of a getaway within their own lives. This brought several trials along their …show more content…

Whereas The Sun Also Rises focuses on a plethora of perspectives of post-war participants and civilians. For instance, through various relationships, one can recognize the dysfunctional relationships between various characters. One example of this can be seen frequently with one of the main characters, Lady Brett. She often leads on various male characters through numerous flirtatious interactions for her own personal enjoyment. It is an unfortunate situation that many of the characters let happen because they don’t have the strength to change the situation albeit mental or physical. Lady Brett does this continuously throughout the novel since her true love passed away in the war. Once her love passed away she resorted to a promiscuous nature to feel something more from her otherwise black and white life. Jake Barnes, however, is often depicted as a perfect match for Lady Brett, but as the novel progresses Jake opens up about a wound he received in the war that left him impotent. This brings closure to why Jake seems quite insecure with his interactions with Lady Brett as she always leads him on but just seems to leave him when he gets too close to her. Even she admits, at the end of the novel. “Oh, Jake,” Said Brett “Wouldn’t we of had a damned good time together?” followed by Jake responding with “Isn’t it pretty to think so?”. Therefore, although early in the novel Jake was quite insecure about their relationship, there is some sort of closure on how he feels about Lady Brett in the

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