Analysis of the Novel "The Sun Also Rises"

The Sun Also Rises
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Jake Barnes, a character in the novel "The Sun Also Rises," is American ex combat presently operating as a journalist in Paris as featured in the plot. The main element in the formation of the character begins before the actions in the novel commence. As a veteran, Jake is hurt, and even though he does not mention it directly, various instants in the novel reveal it. He endured an injury that deprives him of the capability to have sex. The narration of Jake is known by delicacy and implication. He gives hints instead of mentioning them out, exclusively when they target the war or wound. The physical environment around Jake influences the psychological formation of his character in the narrative.
The physical disorder Jake has immense psychological impacts. The issue makes him insecure about his masculinity, as featured in the plot. Brett, the woman he loves, declines the request to have a relationship with Jake and elevates the issue of insecurity. Jake suggests that she does not want to be in a relationship with him because it implies that she would not have sex. The hostility nature Jake shows towards Robert Cohn is deeply immersed in his emotions of insufficiency. Jake is characterized as a member of the lost generation, a group of people whose war experiences weakened their belief in fairness, ethics, manliness, and love. The Lost Generation lacks these ideals and lives aimless, immoral existence without any true emotions and full of cruelty. Part of the chara...