Entry #20- I made it!!!!

'"Oh Jake,' Brett said, 'we could have had such a damned good time together.'

Ahead was a mounted policeman in khaki directing traffic. He raised his baton. The car slowed suddenly pressing Brett against me.

'Yes,' I said. 'Isn't it pretty to think so?'" (page 251).

So I finally made it to the end, and honestly it was quit a let down. I thought that eventually Jake and Brett would end up together because her love for him would over power her wants. Obviously I was wrong. I thought that as a whole, The Sun Also Rises was not climatic. There never seemed to be much going on other than Jake's everyday life and his vacations he took. I thought the most exciting part of the whole book was the bull-fighting and the stories of the fights between Cohn and Romero.

Now to this particular quote. Brett has angered me once again! She sits there and tells Jake how much she loved Romero, but that she is going back with Mike. Then she has the audacity to say how much fun they could have had together, like she didn't have a say in that decision. She had many chances to be with Jake, but kept choosing to leave him. She acts like the world revolves around her, making everyone who gets to close to hr suffer.

Entry #18

"'I just couldn't stand it about Brett. I've been through hell, Jake. It's been simply hell. When I met her down here Brett treated me as though I were a perfect stranger. I just couldn't stand it. We lived together at San Sebastian. I suppose you know it. I can't stand it any more'" (page 198).

This quote really shows the effects of Brett's actions. She uses every man she meets, including Jake. When she can get something out of a man, she will be nice and friendly to him. As soon as she is down with him though, he better leave her alone. She made Robert Cohn's life a living hell for the time he spent with her by pretending like he had meant nothing. I think he at least deserved an explanation. He may have been hanging around them, but technically it was originally his trip with Jake; Mike and Brett intruded by asking to come, so they should have been kind to Cohn for allowing them to. I really do feel bad for Cohn now and I wonder what became of him after he left.

Entry #14

Implied Metaphor- "'They lead such a quiet life. They never say anything and they're always hanging about so'" (page146).

Although Mike never comes out and says that Cohn is like a steer, he makes it very clear that he believes this. He says that he hangs around Brett and follows her, never really saying anything. During this scene, I thought Mike was being extremely mean. Although it seems like Cohn is that guy who is always annoying everyone, he still doesn't deserved to be treated like an animal.

"'Mark you. Brett's had affairs with men before. She tells me all about everything. She gave me this chap Cohn's letters to read. I wouldn't read them'" (page 147).

Okay so this is just getting ridiculous! During Mike's rant about Cohn, he mentions that he knows about Brett's affairs!!!! How can this guy know that she "gets around" for lack of a better term and just put up with it like that. I would think that if they truly loved each other they could avoid sleeping with other people. Maybe I'm crazy but that's how i always thought a relationship was supposed to work.

Entry #8

Okay so Brett/ Lady Ashley (I have no idea what all these characters have so many names!!!) is really starting to anger me! She is a very promiscuous girl. She always seems to be with another guy, even though she is engaged, but in love with Jake instead of her fiance. Confusing right?

'"Don't you think it will be a bit rough on him?'

'Why should I?

'Who do you think I went down to San Sebastian with?' (page 89).

I'm not really sure how many guys she has had during the book so far, but it seems like a lot! She even went on a vacation with one of Jake's friends. In my mind, this would be considered as betrayal, but to Jake it seems to be no big deal. He always accepts her back and expresses his love for her, but she betrays him over and over again. Her own fiance even knows of her ways, but he just acts like it is no big deal and allows her to walk all over him and any other guy whom she crosses.

Entry #4

Internal Conflict- '"When I think of the hell I've put chaps through. I'm paying for it all now.' 'Don't talk like a fool,' I said. 'Besides, what happened to me is supposed to be funny. I never think about it.'" (page 34).

Okay so at this point in time I am really not liking Brett. She says she wants to be with Jake and she tries to have a relationship with him, but as soon as they get too close she backs down and claims she can't be with him. To me, this is absolutely ridiculous! If she is truly that selfish then I don't think she deserves anyone.

When she is having this conversation with Jake, she reveals the internal conflict she is having to the audience. She feels that because her and Jake 'can't be together' she is being punished for all the horrible things she has done to other men. I agree with her totally and completely; this is one time she is actually right! I guess karma actually is real- what comes around goes around!