Reading Activities compiled by Carlie Smith |During Reading | After Reading | “Before” Connections 1. Gale, Thomson. "Ernest Hemingway." Writings By The Author. 2005. Contemporary Authors Online. 14 Jan. 2006 <http://hbllmedia.lib.byu.edu/subs/subject.pl?s_id=3>. This article gives a list of the other writings by Ernest Hemingway, along with the dates they were published. This will give the students an idea of when the author wrote and how many works he actually wrote. 2. "Ernest Hemingway." A Writer In His Time. 14 Jan. 2006 <http://www.npg.si.edu/exh/hemingway/>. This web site provides an online art gallery featuring Ernest Hemingway. It includes images of Hemingway in an ambulance driver’s uniform, The Sun Also Rises back cover, and much more. It will provide the students with a visual picture of the author they will be studying. 3. Frenz, Horst. "Ernest Hemingway-Biography." Nobel Lectures, Literature 1901-1967 1969. 21 Jan 2006 <http://nobelprize.org/literature/laureates/1954/hemingway-bio.html>. This article provides information of Hemingway’s life, including how he includes some of his life in his fictional stories. It includes his experience as an ambulance driver in the Italian army, and how he started writing. It will provide students with a background of his life. 4. Stoppard, Thomas . "Ernest Hemingway." Reflections on Ernest Hemingway. American Masters. 21 Jan. 2006 <http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/database/heingway_e.html>. To give students a background on Ernest Hemingway fame and reputation, this web page will be useful. It gives brief attention to The Sun Also Rises, discussing the use of Hemingway’s characters in the novel. It also includes a timeline of his career. 5. "Ernest Hemingway." The Sun Also Rises (Fiesta) - A Short Synopsis. 14 Jan. 2006 <http://www.ernest.hemingway.com/sunalso.htm>. This article gives a brief synopsis of The Sun Also Rises. It includes such themes as repetition, alcohol, and some of the characters traits and tendencies. This website is short and simple and will simply gives students a feel for the story they are about to study. 6. Wagner, Linda W. "The Sun Also Rises: Overview." Reference Guide To American Literature . 21 Jan 2006 <http://lib.byu.edu/>. This article gives an overview of The Sun Also Rises, including the theme of the aftermath of World War I, it’s hero, Jake Barnes, and the morality and innovation of the novel, despite the shocking portrayal of the “lost” generation. 7. "Assignment Guide for The Sun Also Rises." Kingwood College Library. 14 Jan. 2006 <http://kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/sunalsorises.htm>. This web page is designed to be a pre-study guide for The Sun Also Rises. It touches on the themes of disillusionment, friendship and relationships, irony, and moral confusion. It gives a brief summary of the book and includes a list of books containing critical essays. 8. Palin, Michael. "Hemingway Handouts." Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure. 14 Jan. 2006 <http://www.pbs.org/hemingwayadventure/class3html>. This web page is an excellent teaching tool for pre-study of Hemingway. It contains a lesson plan for a “Map Quest” activity, utilizing students technological skills, creativity, and research skills to examine directions and find their way to some of Hemingway’s spots of interest. This will provide students with a more hands-on activity to get a sense of where Ernest Hemingway liked to “hang out”. 9. “Ernest Miller Hemingway”. Reference Guide To American Literature . 21 Jan 2006 <http://lib.byu.edu/>. This article gives an in-depth essay of Hemingway’s personal life, and his career, along with awards and a list of further readings about him. This site is full of useful background information to important to give students a better idea of who Hemingway was. 10. Hemingway, Ernest. “A Clean Well Lighted Place.” Backpack Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama. Ed. X. J. Kennedy and Dana Gioia. New York: Longman, 2006. 127-131. This is a short story by Ernest Hemingway, which is a useful teaching tool. Before studying a novel by Hemingway, students can read one of his short stories to get a feel for his writing. Included at the beginning of the story is a brief biography. “During” Connections 1. Vernon, Jennifer. "Running of Bulls Helps Kick Off Pamplona Festival." National Geographic News . 9 July 2004. 14 Jan 2006 <http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/07/0707_040707_runningbulls.html>. This is a real news article highlighting the running of the bulls event in Pamplona Spain, where The Sun Also Rises takes place. The book describes a lot of Spanish culture and this article will help students to appreciate the reality of the events Hemingway writes about. 2. "Running of the Bulls." Weekly Online Lesson. WEBCURRENTS. 14 Jan. 2006 <http://www.learnersonline.com/weekly/lessons02/week27/>. This is another article discussing the Spanish tradition of “the running of the bulls”. It provides links to a virtual journey to Pamplona, a photo gallery of the city, a brief history of the city, fiestas and the bull run. It also provides a link to “Hemingway and the fiestas of San Fermin”, which discusses why Hemingway chose to set his novel in Pamplona and answers questions about Hemingway’s actual visits to Pamploma. 3. "Several Trampled by Pamplona Bulls." 7 July 2004. CNN.com. 14 Jan. 2006 <http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/07/07/spain.pamplona/> This article was an article in the news the injuries caused by the bull run of the San Fermin festival. It portrays the graphic risk of what can possible happen during this cultural festival, stating that since 1910, at least 13 people have been killed in the festival. While this is not a significantly large number, it does show the danger of this sport that Hemingway wrote in so great detail about. 4. "Bull Fighting in Spain." Spain-Info.com. 14 Jan. 2006 <http://www.spain-info.com/Culture/bullfighting.htm>. This site offers details about the history of bullfighting in Spain. It also provides links to other facts about Spain, including the culture, the festivals, and photos. This site will give students much needed background while reading about places and events in Hemingway’s book. 5. "The Sun Also Rises Book Notes." BookRags.com. 14 Jan. 2006 <http://www.bookrags.com/notes/sar>. This site provides a summary of the plot, descriptions of the characters, descriptions of objects and places in the book, as well as topic tracking. It also includes chapter summaries for each chapter of the book to act as a study guide for students as they read. 6. "Hemingway and the Bulls." Pamplona. All About Spain. 14 Jan. 2006 <http://www.red2000.com/spain/pamplona>. This is a fact-site all about Pamplona, Spain. It focuses on how much Hemingway loved Pamplona and its culture, especially the bullfights. It provides pictures and information about other cities as well as Pamplona. 7. "Bullfighting." Society and Culture. andalucia.com. 14 Jan. 2006 <http://www.andalucia.com/bullfight/home.htm>. This web site provides a guide to bullfighting. It includes information about how bullfighting started and became formalized and why it is so popular. This will give students a feel for why Hemingway loved this aspect of Spanish culture so very much. 8. Neilson, Keith. "The Sun Also Rises." Masterplots, Revised Second Edition 1926 MagillOnLiterature Plus. EBSCO Host. Harold B. Lee Library. 14 Jan 2006 <http://searchepnet.com.erl.lib.byu.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&bd=mjh&an=9310000288>. This database provides links to an essay addressing some of the themes of The Sun Also Rises, including alcoholism, anti-semitism, bullfighting, festivals, love and romance and many more. This will help students begin thinking about themes and subject ideas of the book during the reading process. 9. "The Sun Also Rises." Cyclopedia of Literary Characters, Revised Third Edition 1926 MagillOnLiterature Plus. EBSCO Host. Harold B. Lee Library. 14 Jan 2006 <http://searchepnet.com.erl.lib.byu.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&bd=mjh&an=0091002789>. This database provides links to more essays discussing major themes of the book. By reading about major themes and subject ideas students will begin to understand Hemingway’s purpose and meaning in writing this book. 10. "Dateline: Pamplona, Spain- Following Ernest Hemingway's Inner Journalist." Thirteen ed online. 14 Jan. 2006 <http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/lessons/la_hemingway/b.html>. This is a web page designed for teachers. It provides procedures for preparing and conduction lessons for teaching Hemingway’s writing, along with additional activities and resources for student activities. The activities are participatory activities including Web-based video clips. “After” Connections 1. Adair, William. "Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises." The Explicator 2002. 14 Jan 2006 <http://vnweb.hwwilsonweb.com.erl.lib.byu.edu/hww/results/results_common.jhtml>. This is an in-depth periodical essay discussing the character Count Mippipopolous in The Sun Also Rises. It theorizes how the Count made his money and themes that the Count may represent. This will help a seemingly vague character come to life. 2. Adair, William. "Cafes and Food: Allusions to the Great War in "The Sun Also Rises"." Journal of Modern Literature 2001. 14 Jan 2006 <http://vnweb.hwwilsonweb.com.erl.lib.byu/edu/hww/results/results_common.jhtml>. This essay alludes to the numerous counts of café-hopping that seems to be the lifestyle of the characters in The Sun Also Rises. Why does Hemingway make so many references to cafes, and why do his characters always seem to be eating or drinking at these roadside joints? This essay looks under the surface to find the answers. 3. Dragunoiu, Dana. “Hemingway’s Debt to Stendahl’s Armance in The Sun Also Rises”. MFS Modern Fiction Studies. Volume 46. Winter 2000, pp. 868-892. 23 Jan 2006 Where did Hemingway get his ideas for The Sun Also Rises? This article talks about Hemingway’s debt to Armance, a novel by Stendhal. Hemingway wrote The Sun Also Rises a century after Armnace. He turned to the novel to influence the way he would express his story. This will give students a better understanding of how Hemingway came to write this novel. 4. Schwarz, Jeffrey A. “This saloon must go, and I will take it with me”: American Prohibition, Nationalism, and Expatriation in The Sun Also Rises.” Studies in the Novel 2001. 14 Jan 2006 <http://vnweb.hwwilsonweb.com.erl.lib.byu.edu/hww/results/results_common.jhtml>. This essay is an analysis of the Basque culture in Hemingway’s novel. The writer believes that the portrayal of this culture is actually a representation of the U.S. nationalism, comparing it using the allusions in the dialogue between Jake and Bill, two main characters in the book. This is an in-depth essay that will help students with theme discussion after reading the novel. 5. Adair, William. “The Sun Also Rises: A Memory of War.” Twentieth Century Literature 2001. 14 Jan 2006 <http://vnweb.hwwilsonweb.com.erl.lib.byu.edu/hww/results/results_common.jhtml>. The writer of this essay believes that The Sun Also Rises is a three-part story using Hemingway’s experiences and memory of war, including his wounding. It is an interesting essay that will help students seek to discover the real meaning behind the story. 6. Monteiro, George. “Cohn’s Descent.” Partisan Review 1997. 14 Jan 2006 <http://vnweb.hwwilsonweb.com.erl.lib.byu.edu/hww/results/results_common.jhtml>. To help students recognize and dig a little deeper into Hemingway’s treatment of Robert Cohn, who is Jewish. This article discusses Hemingway’s anti-Semitism and how he portrays his other characters as acting superior and virulent about Cohn’s “jewishness”. 7. Neilson, Keith. "Critical Evaluation." EBSCOhost. 17 Jan. 2006 <http://web16.epnet.com.erl.lib.byu.edu/citation.asp>. A critical evaluation of everything from the theme of the book to the characters to the plot, this article provides students with an in-depth place to reflect deeply about the book and it’s characters. 8. Bier, Jesse . "A Comment on (Re)-Teaching Hemingway: Anti-Semitism as a Thematic Device in The Sun Also Rises." College English 1991. 17 Jan 2006 <http://www.jstor.org.erl.lib.byu.edu/view/>. This journal article is another essay commenting on Hemingway’s anti-Semitism theme in The Sun Also Rises. This could be a good topic to write an end-of-unit paper on. 9. O’Conner, William Van. “Faulkner’s One-Sided Dialogue with Hemingway.” College English 1962. 17 Jan 2006 <http://www.jstor.org.erl.lib.byu.edu/view/>. This is an interesting journal article discussing how William Faulkner felt about Hemingway’s popularity and his fiction and writing in general. This is a good source to help students compare Hemingway’s work with other authors after studying Hemingway for such an amount of time. 10. Vanderbilt, Kermit. "The Sun Also Rises: Time Uncertain." Twentieth Century Literature 1969. 23 Jan 2006 <http://wf21a2.webfeat.org/>. This article offers a critical evaluation, calling attention to some discrepancies in the book and the author’s writing but also calling it “a major work, brilliantly constructed and colored.” This will provide students with different sides and opinions as well as ways of evaluation and critiquing the book.