Based on her reading of "The Sun Also Rises,"Maya Wisvanathan's reaction to Ernest Hemingway's novel is certainly understandable. As a Jew, I've had a similar reaction to that work. Still, one should be aware that, during WWII Hemingway developed a friendship with J.D. Salinger (a Jew), and in a letter to his friend, the editor and critic, Malcolm Cowley, wrote that the best-up-and-coming writers were J.D. Salinger, Truman Capote, and Carson McCullers (a woman). The arts have a way of compelling us to rise above many of the prejudices and small-minded thinking we grew up with.

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