Compare and contrast the two characters, Jake and Cohn.

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Compare and contrast the two characters Jake and Cohn NU Ernest Hemingway s - The Sun Also Rises is about the lost generation The two main men are Jake Barnes and Robert Cohn Jake is a war-wounded journalist in Paris Cohn is a restless American writer Their lives show two different worlds Background and Personality Jake Barnes is calm and strong He was hurt in the war Actually he becomes impotent in war He says Nobody ever lives their life all the way up except bull-fighters Jake accepts pain quietly He enjoys Paris caf s and work Robert Cohn is different He is insecure He was the middleweight boxing champion of Princeton But he still feels lonely He dreams of escape Attitude to Life Jake lives with reality He knows his wound and accepts limits Actually he becomes impotent in war He loves Brett but controls his feelings In the

taxi he says Isn t there anything we can do about it He suffers in silence Cohn lives in dreams He reads The Purple Land and wants to go to South America He thinks escape will solve his pain Jake warns him You can t get away from yourself by moving from one place to another Relations with Others Jake is respected His friends trust him in Paris caf s like the Select He hides pain with humor He helps Brett even when hurt Cohn is disliked Harvey Stone calls him a moron He follows Brett and becomes jealous His weakness makes him an outsider Jake and Cohn are opposites Jake is strong inside though broken outside Cohn is strong outside but broken inside Their story in Paris Pamplona and caf s shows two sides of the lost generation

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