The Sun Also Rises

by Ernest Hemingway

The Sun Also Rises: Style 1 key example

Chapter 8
Explanation and Analysis:

The Sun Also Rises is written in Hemingway's trademark modernist prose, marked by short, staccato sentences and rapid-fire dialogue that aims to capture the energy and tone of a conversation without spending much time on the actual description. In keeping with his “iceberg theory” of writing, it is largely left up to the reader to piece together the subtext and inner themes of the novel—this is the unseen “bottom” of the iceberg that Hemingway uses to represent his writing style and the idea of using concealment instead of outright revelation.