https://padlet.com/leahmariej/11lpk1y3pxfkjyp3 A padlet in which I examine how Ernest Hemingway through is berated character Robert Cohn emphasizes the ideal modern man, with his ideal passions. en-us 2021-05-02 23:39:51 UTC 2023-04-06 18:39:25 UTC hello@padlet.com leahmariej https://padlet.com/leahmariej/11lpk1y3pxfkjyp3/wish/1483303185 How is the depiction of Robert Cohn representative of the ideal modern man? In what ways does Cohn’s character contrast Pedro Romero, and what role does passion play in modernity? Is Robert Cohn being depicted as a man corrupted by modernity? In his descriptions of Robert Cohn, how is Hemingway pushing forward the ideal of masculinity portrayed through Jake Barnes’ adoration for bullfighting?]]> 2021-05-02 23:53:10 UTC https://padlet.com/leahmariej/11lpk1y3pxfkjyp3/wish/1483303185 leahmariej https://padlet.com/leahmariej/11lpk1y3pxfkjyp3/wish/1483311021 "With its astute psychoanalysis of Jake and Cohn and the lost generation reaching in one direction, and its biblical title, epigraph, and allusions reaching in the other, The Sun Also Rises creates nothing less than a theory of the relationships between and among the psychological, biblical, historical, and literary texts which, in Hemingway's view, stand behind human, and especially American, experience" (322)
"The story of Cohn represents not only the most extended example of Jake's failed art, but also the most fully developed authorial revision of Jake's story. In Jake's story, Cohn, like the young men and Marshal Ney, is (among other things) a projection of self. And Cohn's story–the story of the American dream and its failure–is one that also reflects the story of the heroic volunteer in the war to end all wars, Jake Barnes." (322)]]> 2021-05-02 23:59:18 UTC https://padlet.com/leahmariej/11lpk1y3pxfkjyp3/wish/1483311021 leahmariej https://padlet.com/leahmariej/11lpk1y3pxfkjyp3/wish/1483322821 This article shows the parallels between Jake Barnes and Robert Cohn, which points to the idea that one is being used as an example and the other, not so much. The example would be Robert Cohn, where his ideal form puts Jake's lackthereof on display. ]]> 2021-05-03 00:07:32 UTC https://padlet.com/leahmariej/11lpk1y3pxfkjyp3/wish/1483322821 leahmariej https://padlet.com/leahmariej/11lpk1y3pxfkjyp3/wish/1483340752 "It consisted of one paragraph, entitled 'The first matador got the horns,' and it reaveals his interest in the suffering, pride, and persistence of the artist, in the implacability of the enamorous beast that he faces, and in the different response of 'the crowd' to the various events in the bullring" (127)

]]> 2021-05-03 00:17:00 UTC https://padlet.com/leahmariej/11lpk1y3pxfkjyp3/wish/1483340752 leahmariej https://padlet.com/leahmariej/11lpk1y3pxfkjyp3/wish/1483351674 This article points to the ways in which Hemingway viewed bullfighting, and how this man was the absolute ideal modern man. He did not flinch at the sight of death, only made it artistic, and his use of Barne's afición plays into how Hemingway toys with replication and idealization]]> 2021-05-03 00:22:32 UTC https://padlet.com/leahmariej/11lpk1y3pxfkjyp3/wish/1483351674 leahmariej https://padlet.com/leahmariej/11lpk1y3pxfkjyp3/wish/1483356667 "Jake Barnes is so obsessed and passionate about bullfighting because of its inherent art of predestination, something he has witnessed so often in the war" (Hemingway ep. 2 around 15:00)

]]> 2021-05-03 00:25:13 UTC https://padlet.com/leahmariej/11lpk1y3pxfkjyp3/wish/1483356667 leahmariej https://padlet.com/leahmariej/11lpk1y3pxfkjyp3/wish/1483362530 The Hemingway documentary overall has a lot of good material to work off of, and specifically in episode two when they talk about what bullfighting meant to Hemingway, and thus to Jake.]]> 2021-05-03 00:28:23 UTC https://padlet.com/leahmariej/11lpk1y3pxfkjyp3/wish/1483362530 leahmariej https://padlet.com/leahmariej/11lpk1y3pxfkjyp3/wish/1495594327 "Hemingway constructs the ideal of masculinity without explicitly describing it"
"Robert Cohn is set up as an outsider and, therefore, his actions represent those that are contrary to ideal male actions"
"Robert allows himself to be possessed and exploited by a woman who, we discover, has very little real affection for him"
"If we were to construct a man who had none of the flaws that Jake Mike, Robert, and Romero had, he would be a model of Hemingway's ideal of masculinity. He would be dominant in relationships, would be able to fulfill his sexual duties, and would keep relationships from becoming too serious. Instead of giving us a simple example of the ideal man, Hemingway portrays him through the flaws of others"]]> 2021-05-05 20:02:32 UTC https://padlet.com/leahmariej/11lpk1y3pxfkjyp3/wish/1495594327 leahmariej https://padlet.com/leahmariej/11lpk1y3pxfkjyp3/wish/1495655917 "Cohn's abject failure as a human being is basically a failure of vision. His refusal to conform in this 'society' of expatriates does not indicate the strength of his individuality but, rather, his weakness and his lack of insight" (Van Horn)
"Cohn fails to recognize, as they do, the erosion of traditional values and institutions or the necessity for self-disciple in a world where man's life is meaningless beyond the transient order the individual can impose" 
"The same factors that lead him to pursue Brett also blind him to the values that Hemingway affirms within the novel" ]]> 2021-05-05 20:22:12 UTC https://padlet.com/leahmariej/11lpk1y3pxfkjyp3/wish/1495655917