The Sun Also Rises: Chapter V~Imagery

Hemingway uses lots of imagery in order to paint a picture for the reader. "The horse-chestnut trees in the Luxemborg gardens were in bloom." This line includes many adjectives and details for emphasis. 'Luxemborg' brings attention to the setting. Hemingway creates imagery in nature through this sentence in the story because he wants to bring attention to the beauty in Paris. Although Jacob repeatedly says that he hates Paris, in reality it is a beautiful place. Jacob's thoughts of Paris are overshadowed by loneliness because he is continually rejected by Brett. Hemingway gives the reader more than just the opinion of Jacob in order to realize that Jacob is truly just depressed, which is blocking the beauty of life out of his thoughts.