Sun Also Rises Symbolism

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I am writing you regarding one of your most famous novels; The Sun Also Rises. This book was very interesting, yet at some parts, quite confusing to me. The characters you have created in this coming-of-age novel have quite a few struggles they face between others, society, and themselves. I’d like to know how you came up with these personalities. Are they symbols for something deeper, or simply people you would like readers to use as an example? I would also like to know if there is one thing you would like readers to take away from this book. In addition, l would also like to know your favorite or, in your opinion, the most important symbolism. First, the characters in your book have very sad, empty lives. They are constantly trying to …show more content…

As this encounter between Cohn and Jake not only gives your readers insight on their worries and opinions, but also their desolate souls: “[Cohn:] ‘I can’t stand to think my life is going so fast and I’m not really living it.’ [Jake:] ‘Nobody ever lives their life all the way up except bullfighters.’”(Hemingway 10) This clearly shows they are lost and feel they can never truly live their lives; so in result, Jake has no idea how to find purpose or drive so, he makes up an excuse saying that no one lives a full live, except for the extraordinary such as bullfighters. As I read this book I noted that Jake brought up bullfighters multiple times, even before they traveled to Spain and watched the fights. What is the significance of the bulls and bullfighters? Are they symbols for the characters in this story? Violent, trapped, and scared, the bulls live their lives in confided spaces without anything to do except pointlessly fight. In a way, they remind me of the characters, so much so that when two of the bulls fight, later in the book, Jake and Cohn also fight. But why bulls? Did you come up with their sojourn to Spain before or after you came up with the symbol of the

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