Ernest Hemingway Allegorical Figures In The Sun Also Rises

Ernest Hemingway: Allegorical Figures in The Sun Also Rises Thesis: Hemingway deliberately shaped the protagonists in The Sun Also Rises as allegorical figures. OUTLINE I. The Sun Also Rises A. Hemingways novel. B. Hemingways protagonists are deliberately shaped as allegorical figures. C. Novel symbolizing the impotence after W.W.I. II. Jake Barnes. A. Wound. 1. Damaged genitalia. 2. Cant make love. 3. Feels desire. B. Wound is symbol of life in years after W.W.I. C. Wound from accident. 1. Accidents always happen. 2. Cant prevent accidents. 3. â€Å"It was like certain dinners that I remember from the war. There was much wine and ignored tension, and a feeling of things coming that you could not prevent.† D. Condition represents a†¦show more content†¦From this point, Pedro can be seen as the real hero, man whose code gives meaning to a world where love and religion are defuncts, where the proofs of manhood are difficult and scarce, and where every man must learn to define his own moral condition and then live up to them. VI. Summary. A. Hemingway purposely shaped the main characters in The Sun Also Rises as allegorical figures. B. Jake Barnes and Brett Ashley are two lovers desexed by the C. Robert Cohn is the false knight who challenges their despair. D. Pedro Romero personifies the good life which will survive their failure. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;The Sun Also Rises is a novel by Ernest Hemingway (1926). Hemingway deliberately shaped the protagonists in The Sun Also Rises as allegorical figures (Bloom, 1985, pp. 107). The novel symbolizes the impotence felt by the main characters after World War I. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Jake Barnes, the narrator, had a wound from an â€Å"accident† that happened during the war. The injury damaged his genitalia. As a result, Barnes could no longer make love, but could still feel the desire. Barnes felt physically less than a man. Barnes made a comment about hating â€Å"homos†. This shows that Barnes was insecure about his masculinity. For this reason, he later found himself strongly attracted to the young bullfighter, Pedro Romero, whose manhood stood without women. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;The wound is a symbol of lifeShow MoreRelatedANALIZ TEXT INTERPRETATION AND ANALYSIS28843 Words   |  116 Pagescommentary in which the reader explains what the text reveals under close examination. Any literary work is unique. It is created by the author in accordance with his vision and is permeated with his idea of the world. The reader’s interpretation is also highly individual and depends to a great extent on his knowledge and personal experience. That’s why one cannot lay down a fixed â€Å"model† for a piece of critical appreciation. Nevertheless, one can give information and suggestions that may prove helpful