The end.Įncapsulated the experience of the "Lost Generation," who had seen The Edwardian Era get mowed down in droves by the Great War. Brett sighs regretfully that she and Jake would've been so good together, and Jake replies- with just a tinge of cynicism-that it's nice to think so. Soon, however, Brett telegrams Jake and asks him to retrieve her, as she has forced Romero to dump her for fear of ruining him. Romero, despite having gotten quite beat up, fights flawlessly in the ring, and then scampers off to Madrid with Brett. Cohn gets pissed off, beats up Mike and Jake, and then Romero, and then flees the country. Brett seduces an up-and-coming bullfighter, the 19-year-old Pedro Romero, whose genuine skill puts the others to shame. Jake goes fishing with his friend Bill Gorton in Burguete, and then rejoins Cohn, Brett and Brett's fiancé Mike Campbell in Pamplona for the annual Running of the Bulls. Jake learns that Cohn is infatuated with Brett and that she slept with him. He is also followed around by Robert Cohn, a Jew with a chip on his shoulder and a weak personality. He is in love with the lady Brett Ashley, but then so is everyone else. Jake Barnes, American veteran of World War I, drifts around Paris, meeting random people and disillusioned with the world around him. The Sun Also Rises is a 1926 novel by Ernest Hemingway.
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