The Meaning of Life

The meaning of Life In the book, The Sun Also Rises, Hemingway demonstrates the lives of people after the Great War; specifically, the “lost generation”(people who were affected by the war and fled to Europe in search of a purpose). People like Brett and Jake do not have a purpose to live because all they do with their lives is try to escape reality. Reality has become a burden for these people in the story and in the search for life; they turn to alcohol and parties. These do not actually help them at all and in fact, this makes them get away further from life. I believe that these characters will never find the meaning of life and will keep living the scandalous lives they live now because they are all mentally fragile. I do not think they are capable of finding enough inner strength to let go of the grudges from before and face reality and the cards they are dealt. Alcohol, sex, and parties are the only things that let’s them forget pain and this is why these things have become almost a ritual for them.