Hemmingway-The Sun Also Rises-

a couple who share a very strange and distant kind of love

for each other. This story takes place immediately after

World War I, a time of great hardship. This hardship results

in a digression of values both morally and socially. The

love that Brett and Jake share is symbolic of the general

decline in values in that they tolerate behaviors in one

another that would have been previously considered

It is clear that Lady Brett Ashley is anything but a

lady. She is kind and sweet but extremely vulnerable to the

charm that various men in her life seem to smother her with.

Brett is not happy with her life or her surroundings and

seeks escape and refuge in the arms of these men. But her

actions seem always to end up hurting her, and she runs back

to Jake. Jake knows that he will never be able to have her

for his own, and he accepts this as fact. This is clear when

the Count asks them ³why don¹t you get married, you two?

(68)² To this question, they give a lame half hearted

awnser which implies that it will never happen. He is

. . .
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Approximate Word count = 791
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)