"I felt sure i could remember anybody with a name like Aloysius. It was a good Catholic name. There was a crest on the announcement. Like Zizi the Greek duke. And that count. The count was funny. Brett had a title, too. Lady Ashley. To hell with Brett. To hell with you, Lady Ashley," [page 38].
Not only does Jake Barnes have his own internal conflict brewing, but he has a lovely stream of consciousness right here. After finishing the book, I am not the biggest fan of Hemingway's writing [that's a euphemism :], but I enjoy how he portrays Barnes as a very normal, down-to-earth starving artist who is deeply in love with this woman and he cannot fall out of it. He has problems that are relatable, and his thought process is very scattered at times. Barnes' stream of consciousness goes through his inner struggle with being Lady Brett Ashley's "safety net" so to speak because he is always there for her and she takes advantage of that.
I like to go back to my own thinking sometimes and wonder how I got to a certain thought. I go back through everything I was thinking and what reminded me of my next thought and so on. It's interesting as to how the mind makes connections with things and events that are not related otherwise.
Not only does Jake Barnes have his own internal conflict brewing, but he has a lovely stream of consciousness right here. After finishing the book, I am not the biggest fan of Hemingway's writing [that's a euphemism :], but I enjoy how he portrays Barnes as a very normal, down-to-earth starving artist who is deeply in love with this woman and he cannot fall out of it. He has problems that are relatable, and his thought process is very scattered at times. Barnes' stream of consciousness goes through his inner struggle with being Lady Brett Ashley's "safety net" so to speak because he is always there for her and she takes advantage of that.
I like to go back to my own thinking sometimes and wonder how I got to a certain thought. I go back through everything I was thinking and what reminded me of my next thought and so on. It's interesting as to how the mind makes connections with things and events that are not related otherwise.
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