Jake Barnes is not the only wounded character in The Sun Also Rises （1926）： All the major characters, except Bill, and several minor characters are also wounded. This paper examines how those wounded characters ref...Jake Barnes is not the only wounded character in The Sun Also Rises （1926）： All the major characters, except Bill, and several minor characters are also wounded. This paper examines how those wounded characters reflect on both Jake Barnes and Hemingway＇s philosophy that we are all wounded in life and must make choices that allow us to live as best we can without hurting others. By close reading, the author hopes to show how two characters, Belmonte and Brett Ashley, may have been undervalued by critics, and to also show Hemingway＇s essential ambiguity in portraying human relationships, leaving final judgments up to his readers.展开更多
文摘Jake Barnes is not the only wounded character in The Sun Also Rises （1926）： All the major characters, except Bill, and several minor characters are also wounded. This paper examines how those wounded characters reflect on both Jake Barnes and Hemingway＇s philosophy that we are all wounded in life and must make choices that allow us to live as best we can without hurting others. By close reading, the author hopes to show how two characters, Belmonte and Brett Ashley, may have been undervalued by critics, and to also show Hemingway＇s essential ambiguity in portraying human relationships, leaving final judgments up to his readers.
