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The Sun Also Rises Moses Allusion
Ernest Hemingway is a 19th century author who was born in Oak Park, Illinois. In his novel, The Sun Also Rises, there is an allusion to Moses in the Bible. The moment when Moses first saw the Promised Land is comparable to one of the main character’s reaction when he saw a beautiful woman. Cohn is a young American novelist who is infatuated by an Englishwoman, Brett Ashley. The feelings of Moses and Cohn are alike when they encountered a moment that astonished them. The moment Moses saw the Promised Land, he was in awed by it. Correspondingly, when Cohn first saw Brett, he was amazed by her beauty. Although Moses saw the Promised Land, he was not allowed to enter it. God did not permit Moses to enter into the Promised Land because Moses
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