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Bookmark or Share- The Sun Also Rises | Summary, Characters, Analysis, & FactsThey are all members of the cynical and disillusioned Lost Generation, who came of age during World War I (1914–18). Two of the novel’s main characters, Lady Brett Ashley and Jake Barnes, typify the Lost Generation. Jake, the novel’s narrator, is a journalist and World War I veteran.
- The Sun Also Rises - WikipediaOn the surface, the novel is a love story between the protagonist Jake Barnes—a man whose war wound has made him unable to have sex—and the promiscuous divorcée Lady Brett Ashley. Jake is an expatriate American journalist living in Paris , while Brett is a twice-divorced Englishwoman with bobbed hair and numerous love affairs, and embodies ...
- The Real Story Behind Ernest Hemingway’s The Sun Also RisesJake Barnes, Hemingway’s version of Eliot’s protagonist, is a representative victim of this world, and his famous wound, received in the Great War, is a symbol of the general impotence of the times. (One of Blume’s book’s takeaways: unlike his fictional hero, Hemingway’s war wound did not affect his virility, thank you very much.)
- Jake Barnes Character Analysis in The Sun Also Rises - SparkNotesAs a soldier in World War I, Jake is wounded. Although he does not say so directly, there are numerous moments in the novel when he implies that, as a result of his injury, he has lost the ability to have sex. Jake’s narration is characterized by subtlety and implication.
- Jake Barnes - CliffsNotesJake Barnes is not merely the narrator (storyteller) of The Sun Also Rises. He is also its protagonist, or main character. That means that the novel is driven by his needs and desires more than those of the other characters. Jake's main need, of course, is for Brett. He wants to love Brett and to be loved by her in turn.
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