Title
"Working on the Farm": Hemingway’s Work Ethic in The Sun Also Rises
Document Type
Book Chapter
Annotation
Contends that reducing the novel to a satire about the Lost Generation obscures its promulgation of the protestant work ethic. Drawing on Hemingway’s personal letters as well as the vignettes of In Our Time, Henn demonstrates Hemingway’s regard for hard work. Concludes that Jake Barnes emerges as the novel’s protagonist by virtue of his traditional American work ethic, which stands in contrast to the entertainment-oriented and gluttonous attitudes of his expatriate comrades.
Published in
Date
1996
Pages
165-178
COinS
Citation
Nagel, James, ed. Ernest Hemingway: The Oak Park Legacy. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 1996.