Title
Jake Barnes, Cockroaches, and Trout in The Sun Also Rises
Document Type
Essay
Annotation
Argues that Jake’s impotence is not only physical but psychological and moral as well, resulting in his inability to directly engage with life. Focuses on Jake’s nihilistic attitude, contrasting it to his happiness while fishing with Bill.
Published in
Resistant Essays
Date
1993
Pages
151-158
COinS
Citation
Bier, Jesse. “Jake Barnes, Cockroaches, and Trout in The Sun Also Rises.” In Resistant Essays, 151-58. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1993.