Hemingway, was love. Lady Brett Ashley was a beautiful woman who seemed to be

irresistible to the men she became acquainted with. For example Robert Cohn, Bill

Gorton, Pedro Romero, Mike Campbell, and last but not least Jake Barnes. Brett was ex¬

tremely vulnerable to the charm that various men in her life seemed to smother her with.

Brett was not happy with her life or her surroundings and sought escape and refuge in the

arms of these men. All of these men had strong feelings for Brett. The only problem was

that Brett had no feelings for any of those men, except for Jake. The only reason Jake and

Brett were not together was due to a wound Jake received during the war. Jake's wound

made him impotent, incapable of making love. The torture of his wound, though, is that

Jake and Brett could not love each other physically. They could not show each

other how much they truly loved one another. They both desperately want something that

they could not have due to Jake's injury. Neither Jake nor Brett were able to find any

satisfaction or completeness in love. Jake was defined by this wound. He was alw

bed, and his thoughts loosened, he thought about his wound and Brett. Jake was able to

standards or values were destroyed by war. Count Mippipopolous told Jake and Brett of

go off with him to San Sebastian, Spain. "What does their romance mean? For Brett,

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