In the novel The Sun Also Rises, by Ernest Hemingway, speaks on the subject of differences when it comes to viewing material worlds and the emotional world. These characters are different when it comes to the real world and the ideas in the world. Some of these ideas talked about in this novel are talked about by characters.
In this novel, the first character that was mentioned what Robert Cohn. Cohn is someone the narrator, Jake, knows from school. Robert focuses on the emotional life in the world. A lot of the activities he do are based on something involving materials. Jake says “He cared nothing for boxing, in fact he dislike it, but he learned it painfully and thoroughly to counteract the feeling of inferiority and shyness he had felt on being treated as a Jew at Princeton”. (11). This quote connects to emotion because Jake is doing something that involves some type of intense emotion, but in the inside he is not feeling anything when it comes to this activity. Robert asks Jake what he knows …show more content…
She focuses on things that will benefit her in life rather than how they actually make her feel. For example, Jake is someone who is not able to have any sexual interoucrse due to a war injury. Brett, is someone who feels she need sometyoe of sexualy introurse when it comes to her life to make her feel happy within. Every Time Brett and Jake come close to some type of desire of love, she immediately ends the situation because she can not get what she wants. Brett says “”Good night Jake. Good night, darling. I won’t see you again.” We kissed standing at the door. She pushed me away. We kissed “Oh don’t” Brett said”” (71). These actions shows how Brett wants to end her relationship when it comes to kissing Jake. Kissing can lead to more of having feelings for a person and Brett does not want that to happen because she will not be able to have sedxual itercourse with
In this novel, the first character that was mentioned what Robert Cohn. Cohn is someone the narrator, Jake, knows from school. Robert focuses on the emotional life in the world. A lot of the activities he do are based on something involving materials. Jake says “He cared nothing for boxing, in fact he dislike it, but he learned it painfully and thoroughly to counteract the feeling of inferiority and shyness he had felt on being treated as a Jew at Princeton”. (11). This quote connects to emotion because Jake is doing something that involves some type of intense emotion, but in the inside he is not feeling anything when it comes to this activity. Robert asks Jake what he knows …show more content…
She focuses on things that will benefit her in life rather than how they actually make her feel. For example, Jake is someone who is not able to have any sexual interoucrse due to a war injury. Brett, is someone who feels she need sometyoe of sexualy introurse when it comes to her life to make her feel happy within. Every Time Brett and Jake come close to some type of desire of love, she immediately ends the situation because she can not get what she wants. Brett says “”Good night Jake. Good night, darling. I won’t see you again.” We kissed standing at the door. She pushed me away. We kissed “Oh don’t” Brett said”” (71). These actions shows how Brett wants to end her relationship when it comes to kissing Jake. Kissing can lead to more of having feelings for a person and Brett does not want that to happen because she will not be able to have sedxual itercourse with