During a person’s lifetime, that person may embark upon many different types of journeys. In a piece of literature, the journey motif is a distinctive idea, or theme that is elaborated on. The main character, John Wheelwright, from John Irving’s, A Prayer for Owen Meany, and Jake Barnes, from Earnest Hemingway’s, The Sun Also Rises, both encounter a journey through the mental, physical, and emotional events in their lives. In these novels, …showed first 75 words of 750 total…

…showed last 75 words of 750 total…a Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving, and The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemmingway, the journey motif is a distinctive idea and theme that has allowed their literature to become a such a success. Each of their works incorporates the mental, physical, and emotional events in their main character’s lives. This allows the reader to build an understanding and attachment to the thoughts, feelings, and situations that each character encounters and obtains.