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Are there any Morals anymore?

The Sun Also Rises is a brilliant book written by Ernest Hemingway that illustrates the decadence during the 1920's. Throughout the book Hemingway expresses at the time an illegal habit in America, alcoholic drinking. He also displays the beginning of open sexual-physical contact, flirting with more than one person, and having more than one sexual partner. Hemingway's characters shows criticize in their work habits. Throughout the book Hemingway displays many examples of the modern world in the 1920's, and the decrease in American moral standards.
The First character that is introduced into the novel is Robert Cohn. He, as an outsider, is Jewish. Throughout the novel he is looked down upon in one way or another, but already he is separated from the rest which is shown when he is being described: "He had a hard, Jewish, stubborn streak" (p 18). Even thought he is discriminated against, he is one of the very few that inform his friends exactly how......

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