he lost art of bullfighting, the same
passion for bullfights as Hemingway.
As well as writing about his own experiences, Hemingway wrote about the issues
that concerned his generation. The early twenties, right after the first World War,
characterizes the time period in which Hemingway wrote. The war devastated
the French as well as the entire world. Many people lived disillusioned lives wandering,
not sure for what they searched. Many of the people lived for today and didn't care about
tomorrow. Jake, similar to many people of his time, lived for today. He stayed out until
late hours partying and drinking. Drinking was an everyday routine for Jake. Bill
ridicules Jake's way of life in their dialogue on pity and irony. " You drink yourself to
death. You become obsessed with sex. You spend all your time talking, not working. You
are an expatriate, see?" (Ernest, Pg. 115). Jake was not alone. Society reacted to the
tragedies of the war. They acted as if the sun went down on their lives.
Similar to Hemingway's experiences, the time and place of the novel remains
closely linked to the theme of The Sun Also Rises, the early roaring twenties, also known
as the "jazz age." This was the time in which jazz music and the Charleston dance were
popular. Many of the people rebelled against their morals, society's morals, and God's
morals. They observed few morals and did what pleased only them. "They would drink,
dance, arrange abortive liaisons, backbite, and generally fritter away their time in an
empty irresponsible pursuit of joyless pleasure." (World, Pg. 1654) . This is portrayed in
the novel through Jake and his friends. They continually went to night clubs and cafes
and drank. Brett, Jake's close friend, was a wild woman who jumped from man to man to
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