Relationships In Ernest Hemingway's 'Looking Into The Sun'

Case study number eleven, “Looking Into the Sun,” details the unsteady relationship life of a young man named Jack. His story focuses on his rollercoaster of relationships from his childhood to college. His story examines his peer relationships with both people of the same and opposite sex. It specifically highlights the troubles of his close friendships with other guys. Jack’s story explains how he had awkward social encounters due to not knowing how to behave around others being that he was ostracized and often left alone when he was younger. He goes on to have periods of close relationships that he allows to wither apart over the years. When he did manage to have close friendships with guys, Jack struggled to maintain their closeness due to his uneasiness about opening up about his feelings. As a result of losing his friends, he slips into a depressive state and starts to harm himself to cope with not having …show more content…
When I was younger, I was able to be completely honest with some of my close friends by telling them how I truly felt and looking them in their eyes if we were having a face-to-face conversation. However, due to the advancements in technology, I found myself having scarcer face-to-face conversations. As a result, I grew more comfortable talking and being open with my friends through technology, such as text messages. Today, I still struggle with opening up to my friend without having to type out my feelings. Therefore, I’ve started to repress my feeling and keep them to myself instead of burdening my friends with long messages to read since I was too uncomfortable to say them out loud. I now recognize that my behavior is unhealthy and possibly detrimental to not only my mental health but also my social skills. Nonetheless, I continue to engage in the behavior but I also work on being able to say some of the things that I am afraid to state