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Originally Posted by Willravel
You need to put Sun Also Rises in context, though, which was my point. War can break even great men (and women). While the physical manifestation of war's effect in Sun Also Rises is totally and completely obvious, the effect on the character's souls is deep and profound. It's like the canvas upon which the story is painted.
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Reading another of Hemingway's stories, a short story called "Big Two-Hearted River", actually gives
The Sun Also Rises a good contextual background. If you haven't read it, and you consider yourself a Hemingway fan, you ought to.