In the novel The Sun Also Rises, Ernest Hemingway uses the indefinite pronoun "it" to express the idea that simple, insignificant words can show a surreptitious meaning that the reader may have been unaware of. As the novel reaches the end, Jake Barnes, the main character, states to his companion, Lady Brett Ashley, "Isn't it pretty to think so?" The meaning behind the word "it" is presented to the reader in a form that requires …showed first 75 words of 610 total…

…showed last 75 words of 610 total…simplistic words. He expresses these simplistic words in simplistic sentences which create simplistic scenarios based on simplistic characters. Hemingway uses the indefinite pronoun "it" to express the idea that simple, insignificant words can show a secret meaning that the reader may have been unaware of. In more ways that one, Hemingway clearly expresses this thought and provokes the reader to embellish the fact that there is something more to the novel than meets the eye.