FEATURED ESSAYS 1. Ernest Hemmingway 2. Alienation Paper Hemmingway 3. The Sun Also Rises 3 4. The Sun Also Rises By Ernest H 5. Mt. St. Helens 6. The Sun Also Rises: A Hero 7. Review Of Hemmingway's "In Our Ti... 8. The Sun Also Rises - Response 9. Hemmingway's The Sun Also Rises 10. The Sun Also Rises By Ernest H 11. The Sun Also Rises : Moral And So... 12. Aggression 13. The Sun Also Rises - Betrayal 14. Ernest Hemingway: Allegorical Fi...

Hemmingway's The Sun Also Rises

 In the novel The Sun Also Rises , written by Ernest Hemingway the main
character makes a decision to introduce the woman he loves to a young bull
fighter. Jake makes this decision very much agonist the will of his
friends, but in doing so he pleases Brett.  Jake does this because he is
unconditionally committed to Brett, and is willing to do whatever
necessary to bring her happiness, even if it is only temporary.
 Jake's first reaction to the news that Brett is interested in meeting and
spending time with Romero is one of negativity. He learns of this from he
friend Montoya and tells him "Don't give him the Message" (176).  He did
not think that it would be a good idea for Brett to have anything to do
Romero, and did not want him to receive the message that invited him to
have coffee with their group. At this point it is clear that Jake does not
approve of this proposed encounter.  His later decision to introduce them 
supports the idea that Jake is unconditionally devoted to Brett, and her
happiness.
 The introduction was a very strange one. It was not as if Jake went out
of his way for it to happen. It was much more the will of Brett. She raved
on and on about Romero and insisted to Jake that they go and find him.
Jake did not fight her on this issue, but he certainly did not provoke it.
Jake was more of a stooge for  Brett. She would have had her way even if
Jake had not helped her. She uses her feminine charm, and there is, little
that Jake can say. At one point she says “Oh, darling, please stay by me. 
Please stay by me and see me through this”(188). Jake is to wrapped around
her finger to refuse.
 There is no question in Jake¹s mind that he will be losing Montoya as a
friend and also the respect that others had once held for him, yet he
choose Brett over these losses. Jake even goes as far as to make an
agreement with with Montoya that he breaks upon the introduction of Brett
to Romero. It says when Romero walked into the room he started to smile,
but then say the group with Romero then at that point “he did not even nod”
(181). This was at the first introduction. The real damage had nod even
been done yet, but Jake proceeded because he wanted to to make her happy.
 In this story Jake is forced with a decision that will change a great
deal of his life. He decision ultimately costs him a good friendship, and
takes away the respect that his other friends had once had for him. He
does this consciously and unselfishly without hesitation. This does not
mean that he has lost his moral creditability as a character, but rather
the opposite. Jake becomes a stronger character after this because is
shows his unconditional devotion and love for Brett.

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