Jake Barnes

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Jake Barnes is the protagonist of the novel The Sun Also Rises by American author Ernest Hemingway. Jake Barnes is an ex-patriate American who lives in Paris. The novel revolves around Barnes's relationship with Brett Ashley; he is in love with Ashley but is unable to ever have a fulfilling relationship with her. This is due to his inability to have sex as a result of genital injuries he sustained in World War I.