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OUTG JAKE BARN: 'THE SUN ALSO RIS' AND THE GAY WORLD
What is an unmon vtigatn is the homosexual them borne to the novel.
Specific characterizatns and Hemgway's subtle language, when terpreted properly, reveal the irony of homosexualy supprsed masculy. The novel's protagonist and narrator, Jake Barn, embodi the simplt, most obv homosexual characterizatn. This be a metaphor for Jake's mental impotence; homosexualy that would forbid him om engagg sexual acts wh any woman.
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