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Throughout The Sun Also Rises there are intended parallels between the characters in the novel and Hemingway’s life. Here I have attempted to create and compile a list of interesting relations. Hemmingway’s Life: 1.        The novel is set in the summer of 1924. In the 1920s, Hemmingway lived in Paris, France and worked as a foreign correspondent for the Toronto Star . Jake is an American in Paris (a quite intentional Gershwin pun) working as a newspaper correspondent just as Hemingway himself was. 2.        Hemingway became intrigued in bullfighting during his time in Spain. He attended the bull festival in Pamplona, Spain three times; once alone, once with his wife, and once with a group of American and British friends. 3.        After the Hemingway’s third trip to Pamplona he went on a fishing trip to the Irati River. 4.        There are a number of uni...

The Iceberg Theory is what makes Hemingway such a unique writer and also what makes him such a stark contrast from Woolf. From Woolf's writing we were reading from the perspective of the iceberg beneath the surface. In this way we had to imply or discuss the surface level of the characters and to find out who they truly are. This however is the complete opposite of everyday life. Normally, unless you possess some mind reading power, you are unable to view a human from the inside of the brain. Like Hemingway's style you must view their outward appearance and dive into every little bit that they say to truly understand them as a person. This is the genius of the Iceberg. Through Hemingway's style we, as the reader, perceive as close to a real life experience as possible when it comes to Jake's interactions with others. Of course we also have the narration inside Jake's head, but it is not an unrelenting torrent of ideas and feelings as in Woolf's writing. This ...

In this post I would like to consider the role of the “governing class” in relation to current events of the time period, which threaten their authority at home and abroad. A view of this governing class from its own members provides a very different and interesting perspective if the reader understands the significant events taking place in the world during the time the novel is being written. This novel takes place on a day in June 1923. The 1920s were are turbulent time in British politics with the rise of the Labor party which would succeed to the point of having a prime minister in 1924. This was all leading to the rise of socialism in the later part of the decade. Her readers in 1925 would have been entirely aware of the events but today it is important to look back on them. On page 108 the actuality of the takeover by the Labour Government is realized. “Richard’s first duty was to his country, but it was a fine face, she said; and all the papers were ready for Richard down at...