Comparing Barnes of The Sun Also Rises and Caraway of The Great Gatsby

Similarities Between Barnes of The Sun Also Rises and Caraway of The Great Gatsby Supported by decennary Quotes from Sun Also Rises, No quotes from Gatsby Jacob Barnes shares a personality quirk with Nick Caraway both want to give the im tenderion of being decent, honest hands forced to endure the corruption and pettiness of those around them. Whats non clear through most of The Sun Also Rises is whether or not Jake believes his own press(Trilling, 34). Nick Caraway speaks openly of his integrity and then contradicts himself with his actions. Hemingway uses the contrast between Jakes descriptions of others and what is left unsaid to establish his superior morals. This leaves room to wonder about Jakes sincerity, still its not until the last page of the story that his complicity is fully revealed. Like Nick, Jake is the narrator of the story, yet the first two chapters of The Sun Also Rises focus on the region of Robert Cohn a man that Jake says that he likes, but describes with subtle condescension. When Jake recounts the wealth and position of Cohns family, its inferred that his own background is modest and somehow more honest. He tells of the women who have controlled Cohn, mother, ex-wife and the firm Frances, implying that he himself has never been so weak-willed. Even Cohns accomplishments as a boxer at Princeton are called into question and that detail is like a loaded natural gas introduced in the first act of a play and bound to go off in the third. Cohn is painted as spoiled and immature to Jakes own self-sustaining manliness. As the stage is set and the characters introduced, Jake seems detached from the events. His descriptions are clever and can be cruel, as when he notes that he saw... ...de the conflict out of which comes Bretts plea to Jake for help. Did he plan this all along? Perhaps not, but he certainly did nudge things along in the direction that would bring him to Bretts rescue. He may not be able to enjoy her as other men make fools of themselves to, but shell always return to the safety of him and hell never look the fool. Works Cited and Consulted Bloom, Harold. Ernest Hemingway. juvenile York Chelsea House Publishers, 1985. Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Great Gatsby. 1925. New York Scribner Classic, 1986. Hemingway, Ernest. The Sun Also Rises. New York Simon and Schuster Inc., 1993. Raleigh, John Henry. F. Scott Fitzgeralds The Great Gatsby. Mizener 99-103. Trilling, Lionel. F. Scott Fitzgerald. Critical Essays on Scott Fitzgeralds Great Gatsby. Ed. Scott Donaldson. Boston Hall, 1984. 13-52.