Choose one of the following essay questions and complete an essay which thoroughly analyzes it in the novel The Sun Also Rises. Use textual evidence from the novel and at least two outside secondary sources. Be sure to use parenthetical citations. DO NOT retell the story. A works cited page must be included as part of this essay.

1. According to Carlos Baker, Hemingway stated that The Sun Also Rises is not a hollow or
bitter satire, but a tragedy. Discuss this interpretation of the novel. What makes this novel
a tragedy?