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Hemmingway's The Sun Also Rises - College Essay

Hemmingway's The Sun Also Rises

In the novel The Sun Also Rises, by Ernest Hemingway, a reader I is
forced to decide weather the spite that the Jake has for Chon originates
from Jake's racist background, or his deeply seeded jealousy of Chon for
having a brief affair with Brett. Even though it is clear that Jake has
racist views, the hatred he has for his former friend Chon Chon is
strictly based on the jealousy he feels towards Chon for the weekend he
spent with Brett.
Jake goes in to great detail about Chon's early life. He speaks highly
and admiringly of Chon, but in a condescending way. A reader get her
first hint on page one that Jake has some racist feelings toward Chon. He
speaks of how Chon's nose was ...

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Chon as he got older, and that it ³changed
him so that he was not so pleasant to have around² (16). There is
racism in Jake¹s tone, but Jake¹s problem with Chon is is strictly one of
jealousy.
By this time Jake has already developed an extreme distaste for Chon’s
endeavors with women, but these feelings their peak when Chon and Lady
Brett have a brief affair. Jake, having unconditional love for Brett,
blames the entire incident on Chon. In turn, Chon makes as point to rub it
in Jake¹s face. Jake says ³...it was giving him pleasure to be able to
talk with the understanding that I knew there was something between them²
(106). Jake has a great deal of trouble dealing with this. It has nothing
to do with the fact that Chon is Jewish, Jake is merely jealous of him. It
would not be manly for Jake to openly admit his jealousy, and blame the
jealousy on his harsh feelings toward Chon. As a result Jake falls back on
the fact that Chon is Jewish, and uses that as an excuse for his anger.
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Added: 2/22/2004 04:53:09 AM
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