The Sun Also Rises is a novel that depicts the “lost generation” of adults that live in the years following the Great War. These individuals have lost their belief in God and in the after-life. Because of their loss of touch with reality, they seemingly stumble through their lives, living for each day. The book centers around the Jake and Brett and their friends. These characters certainly live only for the day that is now. …showed first 75 words of 869 total…

…showed last 75 words of 869 total…correlation between the feelings that are shown in the story and the actions that they cause the characters to take in the novel. Therefore, despite the fact that I found the book boring at times, in retrospect, I feel that it effectively accomplished the mission that Hemmingway intended it to complete. Thus, I feel that the book was good in the feelings it expressed, but below par in its mode of communication to the reader.