Friday, July 9, 2010

Come on Brett, Really?

Brett irritates me. I'm not a fan of women who lead guys on for their pure enjoyment only to dump them and move on in the end. That's got Brett written all over it! Throughout all of The Sun Also Rises, Brett found herself with men ranging from Jake to the Count to Cohn to Romero. She must get bored! Mike wraps it up nicely (even though he was drunk, no surprise there!) when he says on page 210, "Brett's got a bull-fighter... She had a Jew named Cohn, but he turned out badly." What Mike doesn't know, is the past and love that seems to also exist between Brett Ashley and Jake Barnes. Brett then stands up after Mike's accusations and says, "I am not going to listen to that sort of rot from you, Michael." She thinks she can pull the I'm-mad-at-you-so-I'm-calling-you-Michael card after she just blatantly cheated on her fiance! How can Brett not feel guilty for being with so many guys when she's married to Ashley and engaged to Campbell at the same time!? It's completely unexpected that she should get up and tell Mike she's not going to listen to him even though she's the one at fault. I kept waiting the whole book for Brett to man (or woman) up to her mistakes; she only let me down!
And to top it off, she's got Jake wrapped around her pretty little finger. She asks him to walk with her, and he immediately falls in step next to her (pg 211). And then, after being with Romero, she wires Jake to come rescue her (pg 242) from the situation she finds herself in. Jake jumps on the Sud Express that same night. I understand Brett's feelings that will not disappear for Jake, but seriously. Let the man go, you're breaking his heart and making him drink more!

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