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Honors English Trudy Miller Sun Essay Period 1 OL/RD 3/7/08

Thesis** Often times an author uses a setting to give insight into his or her characters. This is the case in Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises, which is set largely in Paris, France. Hemingway’s characters, which are rather loose portrayals of writer friends and him, are a group of writers and artists who immigrated to Paris after World I. Dubbed “The Lost Generation”, they engaged in constant partying and lived somewhat aimless lives. Many men, having experienced the horrors of war first-hand, questioned what it honestly meant to be a man. In the wake of a devastation that brought an untimely death to countless numbers, many of both sexes cast aside the traditional monogamous values of the prior generation, refusing to emotionally commit to another individual and instead engaging in numerous superficial relationships because they feared that life was far too short.
 * Intro
 * Main Support 1**
 * Main Support 2**
 * Main Support 3**


 * Develop the three main supports into three body paragraphs. Begin each body paragraph with a topic sentence based on the support in the introduction. Back up the topic sentence of each body paragraph with supporting details that are based on examples from the book and an explanation as to how this gives insight into the characters and contributes to the meaning of the book.

Use what I give you here to develop a complete combination outline/rough draft in Word. (You may tweak the introduction I gave you here.) When your outline/rough draft is complete, save in as final copy and upload it into Google.docs. Save it as Sun FC with your name after. You will work on this essay in class on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. You will be expected to write on your essay both in and out of class. It will be due in hard copy on Friday of next week. Submit both your outline/rough draft and your final copy.**