In The Sun Also Rises Jake Barnes Relationship
Ernest Hemingway once said, “The most painful thing is losing yourself in the process of loving someone too much, and forgetting that you are special too.” In The Sun Also Rises, by Ernest Hemingway, Jake Barnes demonstrates that people can lose themselves in a relationship by being too invested in it. Brett is a beautiful woman who attracts many men but is most often viewed as a whore. Jake Barnes has been in love with Brett ever since he met her in war. Their love for each other has never faded away but it has created destruction. Brett continues to indulge herself with other men and at the same time she drags Jake along. Jake is continuously getting stuck in her cycle and he gets the conception that they can rekindle their love. Brett still
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Jake loves Brett to the point where it prevents him from developing because he is too caught up in his love. Jake demonstrates that it is hard for him to change because as he was talking to Robert about the trip to South America, he says: “Going to another country doesn’t make any difference. I’ve tried all that. You can’t get away from yourself by moving from one place to another. There’s nothing to that” (Hemingway 19). Jake is telling Robert that it does not matter if he leaves because he will carry his problems with him and he will still be in the same state of mind that he tried to escape from. Jake admits that he has tried this “technique” but it has not worked nor did it make a difference. This shows that Jake is lost himself because he tries to get away from his old self, but nothing seems to work and this causes him to live in the past. His relationship with Brett also has a major impact on him and Jake reveals how he is affected by Brett. After Brett left Jake’s apartment, he thought to himself: “This was Brett, that I had felt like crying about. Then I thought of her walking up the street and stepping into the car, as I had last seen her… and of course in a little while I felt like hell again” (Hemingway 42). Jake thinks about Brett constantly and this time, he felt like to cry. He reflected on the last
Jake loves Brett to the point where it prevents him from developing because he is too caught up in his love. Jake demonstrates that it is hard for him to change because as he was talking to Robert about the trip to South America, he says: “Going to another country doesn’t make any difference. I’ve tried all that. You can’t get away from yourself by moving from one place to another. There’s nothing to that” (Hemingway 19). Jake is telling Robert that it does not matter if he leaves because he will carry his problems with him and he will still be in the same state of mind that he tried to escape from. Jake admits that he has tried this “technique” but it has not worked nor did it make a difference. This shows that Jake is lost himself because he tries to get away from his old self, but nothing seems to work and this causes him to live in the past. His relationship with Brett also has a major impact on him and Jake reveals how he is affected by Brett. After Brett left Jake’s apartment, he thought to himself: “This was Brett, that I had felt like crying about. Then I thought of her walking up the street and stepping into the car, as I had last seen her… and of course in a little while I felt like hell again” (Hemingway 42). Jake thinks about Brett constantly and this time, he felt like to cry. He reflected on the last