The Sun Also Rises | Book I, Chapter 1 Summary and Analysis

New Characters
Robert Cohn: Princeton grad; Jake’s tennis partner; Frances’ lover

Jake Barnes: narrator

Frances: Robert’s girlfriend

Braddocks: Robert’s literary friend

Spider Kelly: Robert’s college boxing coach; only mentioned in story

Summary
Robert Cohn is introduced as an integral character whose life is filled with insecurities. At Princeton, he had taken up boxing as a defense mechanism for insecurities of being Jewish. He was overmatched and got his nose flattened, which made him...


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