Empire of the Summer Moon Essay

“An heirloom-breaking, clumsy little harami” (Hosseini 4), sets the tone for the beginning of Mariam’s life throughout the novel A Thousand Splendid Suns. Many women are mistreated throughout the novel, but Mariam’s childhood is much tougher because she is a harami, or “bastard child”. Mariam tries to find emotional and physical shelter in her lifetime, but struggles to find it. In the beginning of her life she can’t find emotional shelter from her mother, Nana, so she tries to find shelter from her father, Jalil, but can’t find a connection. She then was forced to marry Rasheed, but can only find physical shelter in him. Later in the novel, she becomes friends with Laila,

She sees Jake as an unintelligent, brainless, violence obsessed marine who doesn’t deserve a place in her program. As time progresses, Grace grows fond of Jake, his helpful tendencies and selflessness.

Jake together with his wife (Beth) are Maoris, New Zealanders staying in housing development. Both the husband and wife are good-looking individuals, where Jake in his luminous, sleepy-eyed and self-contented smile that appears as if he’s full of confidence. But the heart of the matter is that he’s not. Amazingly, beer seems to be the one that fuels his bitterness, anger and insecurities, and disguises his strength.

The reader can notice how he tries to keep his life nice and steady a chill life, the after war effects that still affect him from here and there. He tries to fight away his problems that is constantly downing him is by hanging out with friends, usually he drinks alcohol to drink his problems away, one of Jake’s friends is Robert Cohn. Cohn changes the way he lives to suit the ones that seem like the books he reads. Robert is the first person the reader is introduced to in the Sun Also Rises, yet he is far from the story’s hero. He is the opposite the ideal hero, Cohn is wimpy and is easily swayed by others. Despite being friends, Robert and Jake are almost complete opposites, presenting the use of foils in The Sun Also Rises. Some ways they are different is that Robert wants to travel and leave Paris, whereas Jake is happy staying where he is. Robert is the only one of Jake’s friends that did not fight in the war so, he is not experiencing the same things Jake

Even though Bill has not known Cohn for long, he already does not like him. Bill’s first impression of Cohn is a bad one, whereas Bill’s first impression of Brett is very good. After Jake introduces Brett to Bill he thinks, “‘Quite a girl. She’s damned nice’” (Hemingway 81). Everyone, including Bill, like Brett and enjoy her personality and her company, whereas Cohn is the complete opposite. Cohn always seems to tag along with Brett, Jake, and Mike and never joins in on the conversations. Brett is always the life of the party, whereas Cohn usually keeps to himself. One night while they are in Pamplona, Spain for the week of fiestas and bull fights, they all go out drinking and Mike Campbell, who also does not like Cohn, badly embarrasses Cohn in front of the whole group. Mike begins yelling, “‘Do you think you amount to something, Cohn? Do you think you belong here among us? People who are out to have a good time? Do you think Brett wants you here? Do you think you add to the party? Why don’t you say something?’” (Hemingway 181). Even though the others do not like Cohn, they never honestly tell him to his face. However Mike is not afraid to speak the truth to Cohn. Not only do Cohn and Brett have different levels of popularity, but also different levels of maturity.

As the novel progresses, Robert Cohn begins to fall for Brett. After their little excursion to San Sebastian, Cohn begins to follow Brett around like a steer. Michael, Brett’s finance, lays into Cohn every time he follows her around. After a while of Cohn getting harassed, he loses it. He knocks both Jake and Mike out cold. This action reveals how Cohn, the boxer from Princeton, physically displays his dominance over the two due to the fact that they won’t listen to what he has to say. Later when Jake finds Cohn in his room, he is crying profusely. This reveals how emotionally scared he is from Brett. Throughout the novel, Jake makes several degrading comments about Cohn and this helps establish his character even further. In the end, Cohn’s

Jake, unlike other characters has true passions and hobbies which gives him proper separation from the turmoil and dissipation his world lies in. This is shown through his fascination for bull fighting, fishing and the natural world. This separation is what lets him look through the delicate personalities and deceptive characteristics of the people he surrounds himself with. Jake seems to have a greater purpose. Being a troubled catholic which shows he is lost in his religious faith. In addition, he is one of the only two who are productive citizens that work. Being a prominent newspaper man, while Robert Cohn happens to be a failed writer while Brett and Mike do not seem to have careers to speak of during the time of the novel. Bill happens

Jake's friend Robert Cohn serves as a foil to contrast Jake throughout the novel; in this case, there is a contrast of ethics between those who experienced the war firsthand and those who did not. While Cohn did not fight in the war, his values and way of life are still strongly affected by the war. An example of this is on the occasion of Cohn having a physical altercation with the bullfighter Romero in Pamplona: “...Then Cohn leaned down to shake hands with the bull-fighter fellow. No hard feelings, you know. All for forgiveness.

At first glance, Ernest Hemingway’s The  Sun Also Rises is an over-dramatized love story of bohemian characters, but with further analysis, the book provides a crucial insight into the effects of World War I on the generation who participated in it. Hemingway’s novel follows a group of expatriates as they travel Europe and experience the post war age of the early 1900’s. The protagonist is Jake Barnes, an American war veteran who lives in Paris and is working as a journalist. Jake was injured during the War and has remained impotent ever since. His love interest, Lady Brett Ashley, is an alcoholic englishwoman with severe promiscuity, which is representative of women and the sexual freedom that emerged during the Progressive Era. Jake and Brett

In Cohn, he sees things he hates about himself in both the past and present. Cohn’s wanderlust, naivety, and strong moral fiber represent the antithesis of what Jake has become. Jake displays a level of world-weary fatigue of a man who has embraced anhedonia as a way of life; he also comments about his loss of religion a clear symbol for his immorality. He also despises the echo Cohn casts of his own relationship with Brett. The more Cohn futilely chases Brett, the more Jake sees that he does the same, every time Brett expresses he disinterest in Cohn it reminds Jake that she also rejected him

He demonstrates his propensity for extreme cruelty. Although he is a part of the generation, ironically he is different from the rest of them. He realizes the uselessness of the Lost Generation's way of life. He tells his friend Robert Cohn, "You can't get away from yourself my moving from one place to another." (19) Jake doesn't think highly of Cohn, but he puts up with him anyway. Interestingly, Cohn is also attracted to Brett and this fuels Jake's already heightened feelings of inadequacy; thus Jake takes a condescending attitude toward Cohn. Jake describes Cohn as weak and inexperienced, timid and easily intimidated by a strong woman (Frances). This condescending attitude toward Cohn is nothing but the reflection of Hake's very own insecurities about his manhood.

Jake and Robert Cohn and their relationship is another indicator of the theme of masculine insecurity. Hemingway plays up the tensions of competition and jealousy to demonstrate just how uncertain his male characters are. Cohn seems to sincerely be keen of Jake, and while Jake is normally nice toward him although he does not really seem to reciprocate Cohn’s warmth. Their relationship changes once Jake discovers Cohn’s fling with Brett. After this incident, he is more unfriendly toward him, and more critical of him. A conversation that happens later between Jake and Bill hints at Jake’s jealousy. Bill asks Jake if he was ever in love with Brett and Jake responds with “Off and on for a hell of a long time.” Bill apologizes for being inconsiderate, Jake them claims he no longer cares. Bill is skeptic of this though (128). The competition between Jake and Cohn relationship reaches its first peak, when he finds out about Cohn’s trip with Brett and their sexual affair and by Cohn’s belief that he knows Brett better than Jake does. His hatred for Cohn grows even more throughout the novel with Jake

The Enceladus moon is an ice-encrusted moon circling Saturn seems to have the conditions vital for life. It was revealed by NASA, disclosing new discoveries made by its unmanned Cassini shuttle. Cassini has recognized hydrogen particles in vapor crest exuding from splits in the surface of Enceladus moon, a little sea moon covered in a thick layer of ice, the United States space organization said.

In That Evening Sun, William Faulkner approaches the story through an anecdotal style that gives meaning to the story. The narrator uses the anecdote that happened to him to convey the story’s underlying meaning that people are restricted by social class and race, not realizing this meaning himself at the time. The era of racism pertains to the meaning of the story, discussing the aversion of southern white people to help those different from them, focusing on the restrictions that society has placed on social class and race separation and the desire to maintain the division.

The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert Heinlein is a 1966 science fiction novel that depicts a lunar colony’s revolt against Earthmen’s dominion over its economics and politics. The novel presents strong female characters who incite and sustain the revolution, alongside the male torchbearers. Although Heinlein’s characterization of Lunar women as citizens with freedom of choice over marriage and employment is suggestive of his progressive attitude, the lack of self-ownership and ultimate marginalization of women as wives, serve to elucidate Heinlein’s greater conformity to the traditional gender representations of the 20th century.