Award Date
1-1-2008
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
English
First Committee Member
Stephen Brown
Number of Pages
81
Abstract
This thesis explores the themes of authenticity and love in Ernest Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises and Jack Kerouac's On the Road, and how each novel conveys these themes differently; In The Sun Also Rises, Hemingway delivers the themes of authenticity and love by carefully and precisely crafting a story in which the hero of the story, Jake Barnes, changes significantly between the beginning of the story and the end. He acquires the courage to love, risking his authenticity in the process; In On the Road, Kerouac's dual heroes, Sal Paradise and Dean Moriarty, exhibit no discernible growth or change throughout the story. Interestingly, it is through their very lack of growth, their inability to mature, that the novel's themes of authenticity and love are delivered. They are as incapable of love at the end of the story as they are at the beginning. This becomes part of their authenticity.
Keywords
Authenticity; Love; Rises; Road; Sun
Controlled Subject
Literature, Modern
File Format
File Size
1228.8 KB
Degree Grantor
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Language
English
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Repository Citation
Botsis, Nate, "Authenticity and love in "The Sun Also Rises" and "On the Road"" (2008). UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations. 2339.
http://dx.doi.org/10.25669/ot0a-ckok
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