Robert Cohn

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Robert Cohn is a central character in Ernest Hemingway’s novel "The Sun Also Rises," portrayed as an insecure, idealistic American expatriate whose romantic entanglements and social awkwardness highlight the tensions within the postwar Lost Generation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf character in a novel
fictional character
literary character
appearsIn The Sun Also Rises
appearsInGenre modernist novel
appearsInLanguage English
associatedWithTheme Jewish identity
Lost Generation
masculinity
outsider status
post–World War I disillusionment
romantic disillusionment
conflictWith Jake Barnes
Mike Campbell
Pedro Romero
createdBy Ernest Hemingway
createdInCountry United States of America
surface form: United States
education Princeton University
engagesIn bullfighting festival trip
gender male
hasOccupation amateur boxer
writer
hasRomanticInterestIn Lady Brett Ashley
is American expatriate
idealistic
insecure
socially awkward
languageOfWork English
literaryMovementContext Lost Generation
surface form: Lost Generation literature
maritalStatus divorced
narrativeFunction contrast to the cynicism of other characters
source of tension within expatriate group
nationalityInFiction American
notableTrait clings to romantic ideals
difficulty accepting rejection
socially out of place among other expatriates
publicationOfWork The Sun Also Rises
surface form: The Sun Also Rises (1926)
religionOrEthnicityInFiction Jewish
roleInWork central character
foil to Jake Barnes
setInLocation Paris
Spain
setInPeriod post–World War I era
symbolizes failure to adapt to postwar values
prewar romantic idealism
travelsTo Pamplona
Paris
Donostia-San Sebastián
surface form: San Sebastián

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The Sun Also Rises mainCharacter Robert Cohn
Jake Barnes friend Robert Cohn
Mike Campbell relationshipWith Robert Cohn
Mike Campbell insults Robert Cohn
Mike Campbell conflictWith Robert Cohn