The Sun Also Rises Blog 3

4/6/2012

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      Well the rest of the book was pretty much the same, except there was a little more serious drama going on. Lady Ashley, once again not caring about her fiancee decides she wants the 19 year old bull fighter Pedro Romero in bed. When it comes to men Lady Ashley get's what she wants. As I mentioned in my last post Cohn left the group. I didn't go on to explain how he did but it was with a bang. After finding out that Brett was with Romero in a rage he knocks Jake and Mike out at the cafe. Goes to Brett's room and gives Pedro Romero a piece of his mind, making his beautiful face all messed up. Then after all this blubbering like a baby asks for forgiveness, then leaves the next morning.  
      Finally Cohn is standing up for himself. Throughout the whole novel Cohn just seemed like a pushover. With his marriage and with his "friends." I put friends in quotes because the people he is around don't really seem like they're his true friends. Everyone really kind of hates him, and they think he is a stuck up Jew. But he has this outburst over something silly. He obviously has no chance with Brett, but he still fights for her. 
      Lady Ashley is really out of hand. She clearly has no respect for her fiancee Mike and he just seems upset but it's not like he does anything about her sleeping around with other men--if you even consider a 19 year old bull fighter to be a man. Brett leaves Pamplona with Pedro Romero while they go off on their "honeymoon" as Mike calls it. All the characters truly suffer from the first world war and are exact replicas of how the lost generation truly acted.
      After reading this book I have to say that I liked it a lot, and I don't really know why. I mean the ending was kind of bland. Jake just goes to pick up Brett in Madrid after she's finished with Pedro Romero and they drive around wishing that they could be together. Then it just ends with them together in a cab hugging. Normally I don't like these type of novels where nothing really happens throughout the enti
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The Sun Also Rises Blog 1

4/5/2012

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The Sun Also Rises

      Going into this book I did not really have an idea about what to suspect. After reading the first few pages I thought I was about to be told a story by Jake Barnes about Robert Cohn. However so far The Sun Also Rises really does not focus Cohn, but rather Jake Barnes. 
      Basically all that has happened so far in this book is Cohn and Barnes go out drinking what seems like every night to bars around Paris. An interesting character that is introduced a little later in the novel is Lady Ashley, who goes by the name Brett. Despite Brett's stunning looks she kind of seems like just one of the boys as she goes out drinking with Cohn and Barnes every night indulging in the same amount of alcohol as everyone else. 
      Jake Barnes and Lady Ashley have a weird relationship together. Although they're in love with each other they cannot get married because Lady Ashley already is planning to be married to someone else. Despite this she is not afraid to proclaim her love for Jake, yet they can never be together. 
      After my first reading session this book seems a little repetitive. They drink every night and do little work. Hopefully things will start to pick up once they embark to Spain with everyone invited: Cohn, Barnes, Brett, Bill Gorton Chon's friend, and Mike Campbell Brett's fiancee.
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