Symbolism, Setting, and Objects from The Sun Also Rises

Object Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major objects in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Objects

Gertrude Stein - This modernist writer and American expatriate was a friend to Hemingway, and they spent time together in Paris. She made the comment about "the lost generation," which became the catch phrase used to describe the post World War I characters of The Sun Also Rises.

Ecclesiastes - This is the name of an ancient preacher and also a book of wisdom in the Old Testament.

Princeton - Cohn attend this Ivy League school in New Jersey. He encounters Antisemitism at the University and learns boxing to help him...
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