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The Sun Also Rises Review 10/16/20

     What do I think about the book The Sun Also Rises  so far? I think that the book is alright overall and as the reader, I can infer and take away many different things from looking at the relationship between the narrator Jake Barnes and his friend Robert Cohn. Looking at the those two characters relationship, I can see certain themes in the book like for instance what it means to be a man from the perspective of the book. In previous class discussions I've had, we've talked about toxic masculinity in the book which seems to be a popular idea from the book. In this review, we'll look the relationship between Jake Barnes and Robert Cohn and whether there relationship implies ideas of toxic masculinity.     So what is the relationship between Robert Cohn and Jake Barnes? In the book, Jake Barnes is the narrator of the story and he opens the book up by talking about his friend Robert Cohn. From the tone of the book, one could infer that Jake Barnes does no...