Charlie Harper is sitting in his living room, watching the boxing match and about to call one of his many prostitutes. Charlie looks at the phone and then at the TV and says, "This is life!" This shows that Charlie values ​​two things: sports and women. Why? Simple, women bring sex. Boxing shows a sense of courage, enters the ring and willingly puts himself on the line to be beaten. Charlie Harper isn't the only one who appreciates these things, but 1920s men do too. The Sun Also Rises is a story set in the 1920s and is written by Ernest Hemingway. The novel follows the life of Jake, an American war veteran, as he and his friends arrive in Pamplona, ​​where a Fiesta with many bullfights will be held. These time periods may be about 90 years apart, but they still value the same ideals. In The Sun Also Rises the bullfighting scenes are central to the novel because they demonstrate the importance the characters place on sex and courage. This trait and action personify their obsession with masculinity. To begin with, the bullfights show the increased value of sex in the novel and how sex or the ability to have sex is a masculine quality. The roles in the bullfight of parallel sex. The steers are castrated, they are used to tame the bull but other than that they are rather useless and not appreciated by people as Robert Cohn observes “It is no life to be a steer” (Hemingway 145) The bull on the other hand is a majestic creature, a wild beast and indomitable. Everyone is rooting for the bulls and is eager to see them. These roles in the bullfight also parallel the characters in The Sun Also Rises. Jake and Cohn are steers and Brett is a bull. Jake and Cohn are steers and it shows not only their...... middle of paper......and in the style of the bullfighters, how the bullfighters are loved and praised by their audiences, as well as the masculinity in 'being able to watch an entire bullfight. All in all, the importance of masculinity in the novel is seen through sex and courage through masculinity in the indispensable bullfighting scenes. As well as demonstrating social norms in the 1920s, as being masculine made you socially accepted. This masculinity continues to be an important topic today because how masculine you are shows your gender role. Now, depending on whether a female or male displays masculine traits, it can be relatively normal for men or portrayed as quite repulsive and not part of the social norm for women. The amount of masculinity someone displays can show how much they are recognized in society, and social acceptance continues to be a key value in many people's lives today..