Hemingway's ethic in his the sun also rises

Hemingway chose to present The Sun Also Rises from the first person narrative perspective, to have Jake Barnes tell his own story of his experiences in Post-World War I France and Spain. The result is a very successful novel, and at least part of the success is attributable to the method of telling. The Sun Also Rises to examine closely Jake's personality and the situation in which he finds himself. He is a traditional hero; as the wounded man he is unable to perform as hero, even though he has the opportunity. He is, however, both the protagonist and the narrator of the novel. The most significant aspect in any consideration of Jake as a character is, of course, his impotence. What we are concerned with in The Sun Also Rises is a story told by a wounded-not whole-man. The most important aspect of Jake's character is that despite much critical opinion to the contrary, he is intelligent. Jake is almost completely honest. The contrast between France and Spain is most highly developed in the disparity between the national “sports” of the two countries. The Sun Also Rises, then is essentially a satire on mankind, much a Ecclesiastes can be looked at as a satire on the vanity of human attempts to find meaning in life.