The Sun Also Rises Questions:
1. In what ways are the male and female characters in the novel similar? How are they
different? What might Hemingway be saying about sexuality and love in the post-war
world?
2.Compare and contrast Cohn, Mike, and Jake. Consider their wartime experiences,
relationships with women, etc. How are they similar? Different?
3.Is Brett a sympathetic character?
4.Is it possible to generalize about whether the characters that served in WWI (Jake, Bill,
Mike, the Count, Brett) are different from Cohn, who did not?

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The Sun Also Rises Questions: 
1. In what ways are the male and female characters in the novel similar? How are they
different? What might Hemingway be saying about sexuality and love in the post-war
world?
2.Compare and contrast Cohn, Mike, and Jake. Consider their wartime experiences,
relationships with women, etc. How are they similar? Different?
3.Is Brett a sympathetic character?
4.Is it possible to generalize about whether the characters that served in WWI (Jake, Bill,
Mike, the Count, Brett) are different from Cohn, who did not?

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5. How would The Sun Also Rises be similar or different if narrated by a character other than Jake? How would Cohn tell the story? Brett? Mike?