Several times throughout The Sun Also Rises Hemingway incorporates some of his observations and problems into those of his characters. For instance, Jake tries to convince Robert Cohn that traveling to far off places provides no escape from oneself; Jake says "I've tried all that" (page 19). Hemingway traveled all over the world, and here it seems that he is including one of his findings from all his travels: no matter how big the troubles or how far one tries to run, one cannot escape the problems life presents.
On page 34, Jake presents for the first time the topic of an injury acquired from the war. Hemingway, while serving the Red Cross, was also wounded during World War I, and he links the two similarities of himself to his character Jake Barnes. Likewise, Hemingway may be presenting some of his personal writing problems as he describes how Cohn is a struggling writer on page 51.
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