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Genre
The Sun Also Rises is a modernist novel, a travelogue, and a novel of disillusionment.
Point of View
Jake Barnes tells the entire story from his own point of view.
Tone
The tone of the novel is somber, detached, ironic, and nostalgic.
Tense
The Sun Also Rises is told in the past tense.
Setting
The novel takes place in 1924, beginning in Paris, France, moving to Pamplona, Spain, and concluding in Madrid, Spain.
Foreshadowing
The behavior of the bulls repeatedly foreshadows the actions of the people in the novel.
Major Conflict
Jake is in love with Lady Brett Ashley, but they cannot maintain a relationship because he was rendered impotent by a war wound. Jake loses numerous friendships and has his life repeatedly disrupted because of his loyalty to Brett, who has a destructive series of love affairs with other men.
Rising Action
Jake, Brett, and their friends pursue a dissipated life in Paris; Jake introduces Brett to Robert Cohn; Brett and Cohn have an affair; Cohn follows Brett to Pamplona.
Climax
The jilted Cohn beats up Mike and Jake, and afterward Pedro Romero.
Falling Action
Jake and his friends leave Spain; Jake enjoys the solitude of San Sebastian; Brett wires Jake to rescue her in Madrid after forcing Romero to leave her.
