And so begins the next book of the AP English saga: The Sun Also Rises
" I never met any one of his class who remembered him. They did not even remember that he was middleweight boxing champion." (pg 11)
It is quite obvious to anyone with a brain that the author uses the exposition to introduce the reader to a number of things: the plot, characters, and whatever else he or she deems necessary. I would like to discuss my theory as to why the author describes the main character in the way he does.
For example, in the quote above, Robert Cohn is portrayed as a sort of nobody. To say that no one remembers you when you went to school with them for four years is really quite insulting. Still, I believe the point of describing his situation in this way is to set the reader up for the kind of character he will become. For being the main character, Cohn really is rarely mentioned in the early stages of the novel, which actually puts most of its focus on the narrator, Jake. So, by describing the character as a nobody, I am led to believe that that is who he will be throughout the rest of the novel. He will likely be rarely mentioned and unremarkable in character.
" I never met any one of his class who remembered him. They did not even remember that he was middleweight boxing champion." (pg 11)
It is quite obvious to anyone with a brain that the author uses the exposition to introduce the reader to a number of things: the plot, characters, and whatever else he or she deems necessary. I would like to discuss my theory as to why the author describes the main character in the way he does.
For example, in the quote above, Robert Cohn is portrayed as a sort of nobody. To say that no one remembers you when you went to school with them for four years is really quite insulting. Still, I believe the point of describing his situation in this way is to set the reader up for the kind of character he will become. For being the main character, Cohn really is rarely mentioned in the early stages of the novel, which actually puts most of its focus on the narrator, Jake. So, by describing the character as a nobody, I am led to believe that that is who he will be throughout the rest of the novel. He will likely be rarely mentioned and unremarkable in character.
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