This blog post is a reflection of the section I just read of The Sun Also Rises. In this section, some pretty interesting things happen. There’s a lot of fighting happening between Brett and Cohn, Romero, Mike and Jake. Most of the main characters are still in Pamplona, Spain. Lady Brett Ashley falls in love with yet another guy. This guy is Romero, who’s an up-and-coming bullfighter. This causes a lot of drama between Jake and Brett because Jake still loves Brett. When Jake asks Brett about being in love with him she said, “I’m a goner. I’m mad about the Romero boy. I’m in love with him, I think.” Brett currently is engaged to Mike but she is in love with Jake and Romero. She also spent time with Cohn in San Sebastian. This causes conflict between all the guys because they’re all in love with the same woman. Reflecting on this, I think it’s interesting that Heminway wrote it this way because it keeps the reader guessing what’s going to happen and who Brett’s going to end up with at the end of the novel. Another conflict that was apparent in this section was that the characters kind of all start disliking each other. After spending so much time with each other, everyone gets mad easily. At one point, Cohn calls Jake a pimp and they get into a huge fight over this. Also, Cohn starts fighting with Romero when he fights out that he’s been with Brett. Reading this was intriguing because it kept me wondering what was going to happen next with all of them.
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I agree it was quite an amusing section of the plot; it seems to be that this was the climax of the novel, although Hemingway is constantly throwing curve balls, so it will be interesting to see if the story tappers down for here or spirals. The story is somewhat relatable to the common everyday person if you take out all of the trips, wealth, and incessant partying. The novel follows a group of friends who have all decided to go on a trip together, but are now completely and utterly sick of each other. Cohn has left to story completely after his mental Brett induced breakdown, so this has me wondering if any of the other characters are going to experience some sort of a breakdown as well. As of right now Mike is on the tip of the iceberg with Brett, as they are supposed to be engaged, but Brett is also dating about 3 other guys on this trip. Mike has also been drinking more than he was at the beginning of their time in Paloma, so these signs point to the breaking point between Mike and Brett. The other question I have is what is going to happen to our main character Jake, he seems to be swan diving into a pool of depression and it will be intriguing to see how he comes out of this trip.
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