Meet the Cast
Jake Barnes
Scarred For Life. Literally.In an alternate universe in which World War I never happened, Jake would be a total stud. It’s like what they say about James Bond: women want him, men want to be him....
Lady Brett Ashley
Brett Ashley is hot stuff. She’s gorgeous, seductive, smart, and has a fashion sense that eats you for breakfast. How could anyone resist her? All of the male characters in the novel—a...
Robert Cohn
Robert Cohn is the first character we meet in the novel, even before we get to know Jake. We immediately find out everything we could possibly want to know about Cohn—we learn about his family, h...
Bill Gorton
Here's a shocker: Bill is... actually pretty happy and likeable. And he's a character in The Sun Also Rises.Take your jaw off the floor. There had to be at least one sympathetic character in this n...
Pedro Romero
Pedro Romero is the great hope of this novel. Sure, you might scoff, being a beacon of hope in a hopeless novel like The Sun Also Rises is easy-peasy. After all, pretty much everything is more hope...
Mike Campbell
We all know Mike. He's a proto-bro. He's really rude and usually totally inappropriate, but still a lot of fun to be around... until he's just not anymore. Yes, he always says the wrong thing. No,...
Montoya
The proprietor of the Hotel Montoya in Pamplona, Montoya is the ultimate aficionado. He is the Yoda to Jake’s Luke Skywalker, and he has a true fondness for his young padawan. These guys geek out...