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Some ideas are needed to discuss alcoholism as a theme in The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway.

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100 words of notes and a reference briefly articulate the theme of alcoholism in Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises.

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As you briefly explore some broader topic risen in the novel, the theme of alcoholism is quite prevalent in the text. Specifically, Jake, Brett, Mike, Robert Cohn and Bill Gorton use and abuse alcohol during the bullfights, the affairs and even the fishing.

One source offers excellent insights:

Djos, Matt. "Alcoholism In Ernest Hemingway's "The Sun Also Rises": A Wine And Roses Perspective On The Lost Generation." Hemingway Review 14.2 (1995): 64-78. Academic ...

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