BookRags.com Literature Guides Literature
Guides
Criticism & Essays Criticism &
Essays
Questions & Answers Questions &
Answers
Lesson Plans Lesson
Plans
My Bibliography Periodic Table U.S. Presidents Shakespeare Sonnet Shake-Up
Research Anything:        
History | Encyclopedias | Films | News | Create a Bibliography | More... Login | Register | Help

Not What You Meant?  There are 16 definitions for Fiesta.

The Sun Also Rises Study Guide

Print-Friendly  Order the PDF version  Order the RTF version
by Ernest Hemingway
About 91 pages (27,272 words)
The Sun Also Rises Summary

Bookmark and Share Questions on this work? Just ask!

Book 1, Chapter 1 Summary

Jake Barnes, the first-person narrator, is an American expatriate in his mid-30's. He lives in Paris and he works as a reporter. However, instead of telling the reader much about himself, he begins by introducing Robert Cohn another expatriate living in Paris. Cohn is a writer who has just sold a book and, as the story begins, Jake moves through Cohn's history.

After encountering severe anti-Semitism upon arriving at Princeton, Cohn, who is Jewish, decides to take up boxing in order to prove his worth to his fellow students. Though Cohn does not like boxing, he is very good in the ring and he wins Princeton's middleweight boxing title. Unfortunately, he is so good at boxing that he is overmatched against a much larger man and Cohn gets a severely broken, squashed.....

This is a free excerpt of 135 words. This section contains 621 words. This study guide contains 27,272 words (approx. 91 pages at 300 words per page).

Read the rest of this Literature Guide with our The Sun Also Rises Access Pass.

Ask any question on The Sun Also Rises and get it answered FAST!
Answer questions in BookRags Q&A and earn points toward
discounted or even FREE Study Guides and other BookRags products!
Learn more about BookRags Q&A
Copyrights
The Sun Also Rises from BookRags and Gale's For Students Series. ©2005-2006 Thomson Gale, a part of the Thomson Corporation. All rights reserved.



Join BookRagslearn moreJoin BookRags


About BookRags | Customer Service | Report an Error | Terms of Use | Privacy Policy