The hero is a common characteristic in Ernest Hemingway's writings. A type of hero was created from his characters and was called the Hemingway Code Hero. The novel The Sun Also Rises is no exception to this rule. Jake Barnes is a submerged hero burdened by a handicap that would crush most men. Despite his failures at pretty much everything that he attempts to do. He is one of only two heroes, along with Pedro Romero in this novel. The heroism of Barnes is shown in several ways. He fought in a war, prays,labors,suffers, helps,loves with passionate faithful emotion, and goes through acts of purgation (Gurko 57). Even with his physical disability and his emotionally sterile existance, Jakes perseverence allows him to emerge stoically as a Code Hero by surviving the struggles of everyday life.

Jake suffered a devestating blow to his male ego while serving...