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The Sun Also Rises Ernest Hemingway

Nobody ever lives their life all the way up... Nobody ever knows anything. The Sun Also Rises Ernest Hemingway. Expectations. Must have textbook/s Dictionary Notebook/s Support Material: Internet summaries, criticisms, analysis, etc CAPE Study Guide Folder to store papers

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The Sun Also Rises Ernest Hemingway

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  1. Nobody ever lives their life all the way up... Nobody ever knows anything... The Sun Also RisesErnest Hemingway

  2. Expectations • Must have textbook/s • Dictionary • Notebook/s • Support Material: Internet summaries, criticisms, analysis, etc • CAPE Study Guide • Folder to store papers • An Attitude to Learn!

  3. Ernest Hemingway – young life • Born July 21, 1899 in Illinois to Grace and Clarence Hemingway. • Mother was a failed singer, father a doctor. • In 1928 father committed suicide. • Ernest left home in 1917 to work at The Kansas City Star paper. • Was not accepted into the army during WWI because of poor vision. • Volunteered as an ambulance driver. • Injured while on one of his first drives to the frontline. • Fell in love with his Italian nurse. (A farewell to arms)

  4. Ernest Hemingway – Mid Life • Went back home after war. • In 1920 became foreign correspondent for the Toronto Star. • Married Hadley Richards in 1921 and moved to Paris. • Met author Sherwood Anderson who introduced him to other great literary writers including Gertrude Stein. • The 1926 ‘The Sun Also Rises’ brought him true fame. • Married four times after divorcing Hadley in 1927. • Travelled widely across Europe, America, Africa. • Lived in Cuba until Fidel Castro overthrew the government there around 1959.

  5. Ernest Hemingway – Later Life • Continued to travel, loved fishing and hunting in Africa. • Continued his job as a correspondent during the Spanish Civil War. (1936) • Started boxing as a method of stress release. • Became an abusive alcoholic. • Used his personal life as the basis for his writings. • Won the Pulitzer prize in 1953 and the Nobel Prize in 1954. • Aged as an alcoholic. • Committed suicide in 1961

  6. Key Facts • Genre – modernist novel, travelogue; novel of disillusionment. • Narrator – first person; Jake Barnes • Tone; sombre, detached, ironic, nostalgic • Tense; past • Setting (time); 1920’s • Setting (place) Novel begins in Paris, France, moves to Pamplona, Spain and concludes in Madrid, Spain. • Protagonist; Jake

  7. Themes • The aimlessness of the Lost Generation • Male Insecurity • The destructiveness of sex • Motif • The failure of Communication • Excessive drinking • False friendships

  8. Other Important Issues • Symbols • Bullfighting • The behaviour of the bulls foreshadows the actions of the people in the novel.

  9. Characters • Jake Barnes • Lady Brett Ashley • Robert Cohn • Bill Gorton • Mike Campbell • Pedro Romero • Montoya • Frances Clyne • Count Mippipopolous • Wilson-Harris • Georgette • Belmonte • Harvey Stone

  10. Types of Assessments • Essays • Class presentations • Speeches • Dramatic Presentations • Question and Answer Sessions • Pictoral Displays • Drawings • etc

  11. End - Questions?!!!

  12. Homework - Define the following • Novel, novella, short story • Narrative technique • Setting • Style • Theme • Plot • Point of view • Motif • Stream of consciousness • Interior monologue • Satire • Symbol • Literary context

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