Love is one very significant motif of the first chapter of this book. Jake is in love with Brett. She fancies Jake and they share a concentrated relationship. Potent and quickly progressing. This is demonstrated when Jake tells her he loves her after only having been involved with with her a short time. Brett claims to love him as well, but gives signs of setting for him. Too afraid of being alone, she’d rather force feelings on herself and with a person she does not reciprocate feelings for than to let him know.
It is important to take notice of the novelty of these characters in regards to the time it was written in. Writing of love that is speedily plunged into is not out of the ordinary, especially in movies. The difference between Hemingway’s work and the film is that the love in the movies is not tumultuous past the climax. The two make up by denouement and live happily thereafter. The obvious difference in the Sun After Rises is their failure to renew their relationship. In opposition to the present day. People commit to people without truly knowing them. Their honeymoon phase fades after a time and are left with a person that are incompatible with.
Perhaps Hemingway purposely gave the characters this specific conflict to show that America during the 20s, the Jazz Age, was not all the magic that it is projected to have. He knew the other end of the spectrum personally, what with his separation from the love of his life. Showing this side of love, specifically in America gives a dose of realism to an era of delusions.
To some extent, Cohn’s comment about bullfighters being the only people who really live. This is true of those like Brett who remain with those they do not love. This is true of those like Brett who remain with those they do not love. People that do this lead a restricted life. They spend their lives making do. Really living would include informing the other person of their feelings and finding a person that actually love or accepting not having at all. Brett is not the only in this situation failing to live to their full potential. It is very improbable that Jake is blind to the way that she is not fully invested in the relationship. His want for her outweighs his respect of self. If he was living his life, he would have the pride to give her permission to leave him. “Actually living” is not just about pursuing adrenaline and constant danger, but doing the hard things in life that are for the best. There are times when doing what is right for yourself means hurting another person. To hold yourself back for the benefit of others is when life begins to stop.
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