Structure and Point of View

Ernest Hemingway is known for his literary structure throughout his writing career. In The Sun Also Rises, he established a very practical writing style. He uses short, concise sentences to get his point across quickly and effectively. He does not add words that are not necessary. For example, on page 205 Hemingway writes, "At noon we were all at the cafe. It was crowded. We were eating shrimps and drinking beer. The town was crowded. Every street was full." A series of simple sentences gets the point across without describing what the cafe looked like or how they went about ordering food or describing why the streets were full. The Sun Also Rises is written in first person. The protagonist, Jake Barnes, is narrating the story from his perspective. He knows what is happening with the other characters but he only truly knows his own feelings.