Memorable Passage From The Novel example essay topic

Vicky Lopez "The Sun Also Rises" Summer Reading Assignment 1. Explain the significance of the novel's title. The title is significant for two main reasons. One of these is because the book centers around the "Lost Generation" of people post World War I. The other reason is to show that a new generation replaces the old.

This is seen in the final set of bullfights in the novel with Belmonte and Pedro Romero. Belmonte is an older matador and he has agreed to return (with certain conditions); he performs well for his age. Romero performs superbly as well; some people even compare him to Belmonte in his prime, but Romero is injured during this fight. Thus, the new generation takes the place of the old as the sun rises (and falls.) 2. Give a character analysis of one of the primary personalities in the novel. In your analysis, examine the character's motivation and any changes that occur in the course of the plot.

Likewise, discuss how this transformation is manifested in the character's actions. One of the primary personalities in the novel is that of Brett Ashley. She drinks, has a short haircut, and can, in her own way, be considered as assertive and original. This is seen by the way she treats others. By the end of the novel, Brett has a bit of consideration for others, and finally decides to act her age. One sees this in her apology to Jake and sending Romero away after their affair.

Brett has always loved Jake, but after his injury in World War I, they cannot be together. Perhaps it is that denied love that motivates her, or maybe it is just her personality. Either way, by the end of the novel, she acts her thirty-four years. 3. Cite and discuss a memorable passage from the novel. Be sure to write out the paragraph in your response and state why you consider it important.

A memorable passage from the novel is on page 137: "Montoya could forgive anything of a bull-fighter who had aficion. He could forgive attacks of nerve, panic, bad unexplainable actions, all sorts of lapses. For one who had aficion he could forgive anything. At once, he forgave me all my friends. Without his ever saying anything, they were simply a little something shameful between us, like the spilling open of the horses in bull-fighting". This passage is memorable because it is very ironic.

Jake states that Montoya always forgives, yet when he introduces Romero to Brett and the two have an affair, Jake is not forgiven. Montoya no longer speaks or smiles at him. Jake has broken a promise to him-a promise that he would "protect" Romero from the foreigners that were in the town. That is what makes the passage important: because it is very ironic in the novel's plot.