Yayy a Literary term

Literary Term #7

Protagonist

In The Sun Also Rises, not only does Jake tell the story, he is also the main character or protagonist of the story. All of the actions or events of the story include him or his thoughts. If he doesn' t know about it, neither do we, the readers. He is involved in the sense that he is either there when it is taking place, that he is in the action, or that he is describing the aftermath of the action when encountering another character. Jake's hubris is that he is impotent. On page 120, Jake and Bill's conversation reveals he is unable to have sex when Bill says "Other groups claim you're impotent." and further into the conversation Jake pretty much says that he became impotent during war whenever he says "A plane is sort of like a tricycle. The joystick works the same way." On page 128, Jake says he loves Brett " 'off and on for a hell of a long time.' ". Earlier in the book, Brett says she she cannot love Jake by saying: "I can't stand it, that's all. Oh, darling, please understand!" and "I have to see you. It isn't all that you know". 'All that' is having sexual relationships with Jake. She cannot love him due to his disablility and this causes a hubris since he loves her and cannot have the love requited fully because of the inablitiy.