The Sun Also Rises: Stereotype

From reading about The Sun Also Rises on the sparknotes website, I learned more about the time in which the story took place. I found out that the time period in which the characters lived was called the Lost Generation. The Lost Generation began after World War I when people lost direction in life after experiencing such a difficult and scarring chapter in their lives. Hemingway incorporates the stereotype of people living life during the Lost Generation in The Sun Also Rises through many of his characters, especially those who were war veterans. The main character and protagonist of the novel as well as many of his friends fall under the category of this stereotype in the novel. These people seem to be going through the motions in life. They have no real goals that will lead them anywhere and no set priorities that will better their futures. What used to be important to them is now no longer significant to them. I think Hemingway does a pretty good job of tying this fixed idea of the way people were during that time into the plot of his story.