... epigraph by Gertrude Stein: "You are all a lost generation." This refers both to those who lost their lives in the First World War, and also to those who lost their moral and spiritual compass. However, one hundred years ago, the First World War brought the people not just grief, death and suffering, but, as paradoxical it may sound, gifted to civilization such phenomenon in ... problems, the motives, the moral, the psychological and the social aspects of the fate of the "Lost Generation". The theme of the World War and its reflection on consciousness and perception of the world in hu...

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... left a lasting impression on the way American literature is written and taught. His name is legendary. Hemingway's style was influenced by his years as a newspaper reporter, both before and after World War I. Based on his experiences, this paper examines the roots and influences of Hemingway's unique writing style. I will draw information from the large body of Hemingway literary criticism, his fiction, and ... experiences he acquired in the first quarter of his life would influence his writing until the end of his life. In World War I, Hemingway worked as an ambulance driver on the Ita...

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... Rises, lacks masculinity just like James Carson. Jake's failed manhood, however, takes the form of a psychological sense of inadequacy due to his impotency. Although Jake never explicitly describes his war wound, the text reveals his impotency subtly throughout the novel. For example, a prostitute named Georgette makes a sexual pass at Jake only to be rejected with the excuses that he ... him because of his inability to have sex. Finally, the reader discovers Jake's impotence on the fishing trip when Bill tells Jake, "Another group claims you're impotent-(120). Jake's war wound represent...

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... frequently pesters Jake. The Sun Also Rises documents the people who came to be known as the "Lost Generation," a generation of broken dreams and destroyed naivete emerged from the World War I with an outlook blemished by bitterness and aimlessness. Jake and his companions begin to spend their time drinking and partying away their defeats, exemplifying a generation physically and emotionally wounded ... from the war. Jake and his acquaintances become disillusioned. The War destroyed the long-established concepts they'd always modeled their lives on " loyalty, honor, and integrity. Witho...

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... , some of whom were not typically modernists but were mentioned as the "Lost Generation" by Hemingway, included such distinguished artists as these that came from the age of World War One. Hemingway's respect and association with this generation contrasts deeply with the opinionated Stein who refers to them in an underlying comment that could be interpreted as, "The Lost ... ...

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... in literature and has received numerous prizes for his works such as the Nobel Prize for his astounding contribution to literature, the Pulitzer Prize for his world renowned book "The Old Man and the Sea" and the Award for Merit from Academy of Arts & Letters (Baker). These prizes cannot begin to ... emotional unrest. His next job, which I think plays a distinct role in the realism that he portrays in his writing, was an ambulance driver in World War I in Italy. It was in Italy that he fell in love and got married in 1921 and settled down to write stories to support his family and ... g...

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