Cuando los amigos en El sol también se eleva están en España, hay algunas diferencias entre sus personalidades y el escenario en comparación con Paris (Español).
Quand les amis dans Le soleil se léve aussi sont à Paris, il y a beaucoup de différences entre leurs personnalités et sertissage de que est en Paris (Français).
Though the characters in the Sun Also Rises continue their habitual café drinking at all hours and argue amongst themselves in France as well as Spain, there are differences in their interactions, as well as the general feel of the book as the setting changes. Though you can tell from reading the book that Hemingway clearly loved Paris and its nightlife and craziness after the war, his depictions of peaceful and "pre"-modern Pamplona hold an appreciation different from that associated with the insider descriptions of Paris.
Hemingway describes Paris and the pastimes of the characters enough to allow for the reader to feel like they're a part of the busy, drunken, nightlife, but his descriptions of the city's overall physical appearance are not like those found in the Spanish section, where many sentences, if not long paragraphs at first, are used for describing the nature and tradition of Spain. Paris is seen as modern and busy as it was greatly affected by the war, while the countrysides of Spain are unaffected and ancient-feeling.
Most of the scenes in Paris take place during the night hours, in urban scenes, with a seemingly "moral vacancy" (as was suggested in class). In contrast, Jake and Bill spend a lot of their time fishing in the wilderness, or when all the characters are together, watching bullfights in the daytime. Because Paris is so urban and busy, it gives off a claustrophobic vibe that breeds anxiety in all the barhopping and partying the characters engage in. Though a good deal of wine is consumed in Spain as well, the days seem to last longer and without as much stress as in Paris, possibly due to the openness of Pamplona and its surroundings.
The alcohol consumed and its "packaging" also differ as the setting switches. In Paris, the characters indulge in expensive, modern drinks, bottled in glass with nice labels, and they primarily consume drinks out of glasses while sitting at bars or fancy dinner/café tables. In Pamplona, the drinks of choice are almost entirely wine in leather/skin wine sacks, offered to them not by the hand of a suited-up waiter, but by friendly farmers and peasants.
As the setting switched from Paris, France to Pamplona, Spain (and surrounding countryside), Hemingway's depictions of surroundings switched to a more natural focus, as well as giving off a warmer, more traditional feeling. The characters still maintained their general habits of arguing with one another (though more seriously in Spain) and drinking with one another, but the overall quality of their time in Spain seemed lighter and not as hectic as in France.
Quand les amis dans Le soleil se léve aussi sont à Paris, il y a beaucoup de différences entre leurs personnalités et sertissage de que est en Paris (Français).
Hemingway describes Paris and the pastimes of the characters enough to allow for the reader to feel like they're a part of the busy, drunken, nightlife, but his descriptions of the city's overall physical appearance are not like those found in the Spanish section, where many sentences, if not long paragraphs at first, are used for describing the nature and tradition of Spain. Paris is seen as modern and busy as it was greatly affected by the war, while the countrysides of Spain are unaffected and ancient-feeling.
Most of the scenes in Paris take place during the night hours, in urban scenes, with a seemingly "moral vacancy" (as was suggested in class). In contrast, Jake and Bill spend a lot of their time fishing in the wilderness, or when all the characters are together, watching bullfights in the daytime. Because Paris is so urban and busy, it gives off a claustrophobic vibe that breeds anxiety in all the barhopping and partying the characters engage in. Though a good deal of wine is consumed in Spain as well, the days seem to last longer and without as much stress as in Paris, possibly due to the openness of Pamplona and its surroundings.
The alcohol consumed and its "packaging" also differ as the setting switches. In Paris, the characters indulge in expensive, modern drinks, bottled in glass with nice labels, and they primarily consume drinks out of glasses while sitting at bars or fancy dinner/café tables. In Pamplona, the drinks of choice are almost entirely wine in leather/skin wine sacks, offered to them not by the hand of a suited-up waiter, but by friendly farmers and peasants.
As the setting switched from Paris, France to Pamplona, Spain (and surrounding countryside), Hemingway's depictions of surroundings switched to a more natural focus, as well as giving off a warmer, more traditional feeling. The characters still maintained their general habits of arguing with one another (though more seriously in Spain) and drinking with one another, but the overall quality of their time in Spain seemed lighter and not as hectic as in France.
Of course, the bit of pastoral reprieve enjoyed by Bill and Jake does come to an end, and the arrival of the "gang" does import the emotional dysfunction and drama to Spain. But it's still important to note how the different setting functions: there's a sense, in Spain, that Jake is actually sacrificing something important to himself by allowing Brett, Cohn, and Mike to make a scene the way they do. There's a sense of a prewar, traditional, pastoral refuge being compromised by modernity (figured most strongly, perhaps, in Brett's "corruption" of Romero, which earns Jake Romero's visible displeasure--a really big deal for him).
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