Author(s): YASEMÄ°N AÅCI
In this study, Ernest Hemingway’s novel The Sun Also Rises is dealt in terms of Lost Generation and the lives of expatriates who escape form their native land in search of starting new lives away from their troubles caused by the World War I. In this novel the writer who is also a member of the expatriate writes, portrays the thoughts and lives of the lost people by the help of the characters whom he created. Therefore, the reality on the lives of expatriates is reflected vividly in Hemingway’s novel. The present study is composed through method of literature review and the main aim of it is to show how the expatriates continue their lives after the war. To reveal the hidden meanings in the novel, the characters’ dialogues, thoughts and behaviors are analyzed. As a result, it can be stated that one can see how the situation of the people who actually live like exiles is in a different country and how they struggle for surviving in life even if they are corrupted physically or psychologically due to the war.
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