Robert Cohn : A Man

Through the character of Jake Barnes, Hemingway has pushed him passed the limit with Brett to ultimately show that the relationship between man and woman is an imaginary figment to population. Jake Barnes is the prime example of an unattainable love in the Lost Generation. His hope of being with a flapper has been crushed. In a way Jake Barnes is the exact replica of Hemingway himself. With injuries to the war, and watching the love of his parents collapse right in front his own eyes being rewritten through the characters of Jake and

Authors tend to use different techniques in order to make the plot more interesting and compelling to the audience they are trying to reach. One of the technique they use is foiling. They use foil in order to develop characters. Character creation and the way a character acts really can affect the stories the characters are from. When someone analyzes a character they have to take in mind their feelings their emotions and how they are they want to connect with the characters on a whole new level. Authors use foils to represent the main character in a better way, they utilize another character that has opposing traits than the main character to do this. In the novels, The Sun Also Rises and Heart of Darkness, the authors Ernest Hemingway

This shows that he is a main character that is going to be a major part of the novel. The novel begins by explaining the actions that Robert Cohn is capable of pursuing. The first paragraph of the novel begins with “Robert Cohn was once the middleweight boxing champion of Princeton” (Hemingway 11). Being that Cohn is a boxing champion, it shows that he has a history and is well versed in fighting. Jake Barnes views Cohn very differently than Cohn views himself.

Hemingway’s usage of theme, setting, persuasive writing, and verbal irony helps to create different moods throughout the story. The theme “talk without communication”

This much is clear in Mike's drunken diatribes to Cohn: "I would have thought you'd loved being a steer, Robert...They lead such a quiet life. They never say anything and there always hanging about so...Is Robert going to follow Brett around like a steer all the time?" (146) And even then, rather than knocking Mike out, which he certainly is capable of doing, Cohn takes the abuse and sulks, perhaps in the interest of preserving his interactions with Lady Brett. But Cohn is continuously bad-mouthed. The other characters make several anti-Semitic comments, scoffing his "Jewish superiority." (166) And all through this, Brett Ashley doesn't give him the time of day! How can this man be held so contemptuously by the others? Maybe because Cohn is the bull, not the steer. Hemingway hides this reference in one brief line. As Jake and Lady Brett are watching the bulls come out, Jake remarks: "Look how he knows how to use his horns...He's got a left and a right, just like a boxer." (144) The only other "boxer" in the novel is Cohn, and at one point in the book he reveals that he, too, knows how to use his horns: fed up with taking insults, he punches both Jake and Bill and knocks them out. Compare this to Jake: sexually dysfunctional, he is a steer, unable to consummate his affair with Brett Ashley. This at

On her physical self, she is portrayed as outrageous and daring with a cropped hairstyle which was not common or accepted for girls to have. Her character, and actions also go against the widely accepted social norms. She is so open sexually up to the extent that she tells Cohn that she is not willing to give up his desires for an active sex life, thus opting to relate with another man while still attached to Cohn (Hemingway, 26). Cohn on the other hand also suffers from an internal conflict, perhaps as a result of a dilemma between conforming to life as a spouse of a nagging Frances Clyne, and deciding to be happy by travelling. Jake sums up his conformity struggle by noting that “You can’t get away from yourself by moving from one place to another.” (Hemingway, 29)

Hemingway uses Pedro Romero, a young, burgeoning bullfighter, as the model for masculinity. Only nineteen years old, Romero experienced the war

The pivotal character of Ernest Hemingway's novel, The Sun Also Rises is Jake Barnes. He is a man of complex personality--compelling, powerful, restrained, bitter, pathetic, extraordinarily ordinary yet totally human. His character swings from one end of the psychological spectrum to the other end. He has complex personality, a World War I veteran turned writer, living in Paris. To the world, he is the epitome of self-control but breaks down easily when alone, plagued by self-doubt and fears of inadequacy. He is at home in the company of friends in the society where he belongs, but he sees himself as someone from the outside looking in. He is not alone, yet he is lonely. He strikes people as confident, ambitious, careful, practical,

The clearest example is the impotency of the main character Jake Barnes. Jake explains to Georgette how he was hurt during the war in order to prevent her from becoming infatuated with him (Hemingway 22). The battle wound rendered Jake impotent, so he cannot be with his love, Brett Ashley. Throughout the novel, Jake witnesses Brett’s affairs with other men; his insecurity is enhanced. Robert Cohn, Jake’s Jewish friend, is a former boxer who did not experience World War I firsthand like the rest of Jake’s friends. Hemingway explains why Robert boxes: "He cared nothing for boxing, in fact he disliked it, but he learned it painfully and thoroughly to counteract the feeling of inferiority and shyness he had felt on being treated as a Jew at Princeton" (11). Robert practices boxing as a way to counteract his insecurity; he thinks he will gain respect and intimidate others. Instead, Robert is always found to be the center of jokes and criticism from his peer group; he nonchalantly brushes it off but is concerned about his identity.

Through their lives and distinct writing styles, these authors of similar times and caliber, F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway have created vastly different works of literature that are still praised as American classics. These differences, as significantly prevalent in their style, allow readers to understand their lives and experiences through the stories. The dialogue, as the primary vector of this contrast, conveys the materials and information needed to understand the authors as individuals and in turn, their literature. Therefore, through the dialogue presented in Hemingway’s and Fitzgerald’s writing, important characteristics are easily discerned that provide insight into the characters’ interactions as well as the effect it has

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

Utilizing dysfunctional, discontented marriage, Hemingway illustrates that marriage does not equate love. For instance, While Jake

     Robert Walton, who the reader never gets much of a physical description about although still a round character, is another middle-aged character who may be described as adventurous, charismatic, and curious. He works well with those around him, has a strong relationship with his sister, and builds one with Victor. He plays the role of retelling Victor?s story and marks both the beginning and end of the novel. Robert?s love

In Ernest Hemingway’s short story, ¨The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber,¨ readers learn about Francis’ character through the perspectives of other characters. Hemingway develops Francis’ character as a man full of shame, cowardice, and bravery by using multiple perspectives as he threads a negative tone throughout the story.

He was once a great fighter, but now refuses to subscribe to the new “decadent” (215) bullfighting style. His fighting style represents Cohn in the sense that they both had their shining moment—Cohn's brief relationship with Brett, and Belmonte's glory days of bullfighting: which they're still trying to win back. Belmonte stands apart from the other fighters because he adheres to an traditional form of fighting. Similarly, Cohn is the only character with no involvement in the war, he preserves a sort of innocence and value system that disappeared with the “lost generation.” He tries to preserve the idea that sex equals intimacy and love, and throughout the novel his clumsy attempts to win back Brett are reflective of his refusal to understand that his brief relationship with Brett was simply a series of sexual encounters, nothing more.