The Sun Also Rises

Why does Cohn learn to box?

Why does Robert Cohn learn how to box?

Asked by
Last updated by natasha c #236071
Answers 2
Add Yours

Robert Cohn encounters anti-Semitism at Princeton and learns to box as a response to it.

To counteract the feeling of inferiority and shyness he had felt on being treated as a Jew at Princeton.

Source(s)

the book in chapter one the first page