A Study of Identity Crisis and Post-War Trauma in Ernest Hemingway's "The Sun Also Rises"

Abstract: Through the representation of characters’ experiences while searching for their sense of self and purpose in a world that has been totally clashed as the results of World War I, Ernest Hemingway's novel, The Sun Also Rises, explores the theme of identity in the context of European post war. The main characters, mainly Jake Barnes, Robert Cohn, and Lady Brett Ashley engage in the continuous search for self to identify themselves and find their places in the society in which they feel split and lost as related to the term lost generation. By experiencing the issues of masculine crisis, anti-Semitism, feminine crisis, and societal disillusionment in Spain and France, there is a pursuit of self-realization by the main characters trying to shape their identities to fit in. This work aims to examine how these characters undergo through and deal with the difficult problem of identity crisis in the era of post-world war I, and also investigates Hemingway’s portrayal of the search for life meaning and identity through, The Sun Also Rises, in order to have a profound and deeper understanding of the novel's philosophical theme of identity and long-lasting traumatic effects of I World War on human being. Keywords: Identity crisis, lost generation, Anti-Semitism, World War I, Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises. Title: A Study of Identity Crisis and Post-War Trauma in Ernest Hemingway’s “The Sun Also Rises” Author: Mucyo Hubert International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online) Vol. 13, Issue 4, October 2025 - December 2025 Page No: 292-295 Research Publish Journals Website: www.researchpublish.com Published Date: 03-November-2025 DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17512189 Paper Download Link (Source) https://www.researchpublish.com/papers/a-study-of-identity-crisis-and-post-war-trauma-in-ernest-hemingways-the-sun-also-rises