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

Similarities Between Barnes of The solarise as well as Rises and caraway of The Great Gatsby Supported by Ten Quotes from fair weather besides Rises, No quotes from Gatsby Jacob Barnes shares a personality quirk with Nick Caraway both want to give the impression of being decent, honest custody forced to endure the corruption and pettiness of those around them. Whats not classify through most of The Sun Also Rises is whether or not Jake believes his suffer press(Trilling, 34). Nick Caraway speaks openly of his integrity and then contradicts himself with his actions. Hemingway uses the personal line of credit between Jakes descriptions of others and what is left unsaid to establish his superior morals. This leaves room to oddity about Jakes sincerity, besides its not until the last page of the story that his complicity is full revealed. Like Nick, Jake is the narrator of the story, yet the startle two chapters of The Sun Also Rises focus on the character of Robert Cohn a ma n 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 in some manner more honest. He tells of the wo custody who have controlled Cohn, mother, ex-wife and the forceful Frances, implying that he himself has never been so weak-willed. Even Cohns accomplishments as a boxer at Princeton are called into head and that detail is like a loaded gun 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-sufficient 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 sure enough did nudge things along in the direction that would bring him to Bretts re scue. 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 bet the fool. Works Cited and Consulted Bloom, Harold. Ernest Hemingway. New 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. capital of Massachusetts Hall, 1984. 13-52.