Authors sometimes use a certain event in the plot of a novel to symbolize the characters? actions and attitudes. Ernest Hemingway chooses to do this in ?The Sun Also Rises? by using the first bull scene. By doing so, Hemingway portrays the personalities of his characters and their relationships with the other characters. In the beginning of the bull scene, two steers are put into the corral. These two steers symbolize Robert Cohn and Jake …showed first 75 words of 542 total…

…showed last 75 words of 542 total…rs represents a different character, entailing all of their personalities and relations with other characters. Between Cohn being isolated by the group, Jake acting as mediator, and Brett being very friendly, Hemingway encompasses many symbols into the passage, bringing together all of the main characters. Question: Authors sometimes use symbolism in their works to portray a certain character(s) and their actions and/or attitude. Explain how this was done in the novel you studied.