Week #3: The Sun Also Rises

In The Sun Also Rises by Earnest Hemingway their are a lot of sad and depressing characters.  The two that are the most sad and depressing are Jake and Cohn.  Jake was injured in the war and now cannot have sex.  This injury completely messes with the relationship he wants to have with Brett.  It is hard on Jake to be friends with Brett and he says that men who are friends with a woman are actually in love with them.  I do not think this is true in most cases but having friends of the opposite sex can lead towards feelings for each other.  I also think that Jake's belief to have something good you have to pay for it is incorrect.  I would say you have to work towards and for good things (happiness) but I do not think you have to pay for them.  Now poor Cohn, he's been getting the short end of the stick all throughout the book.  He's Jewish and for some reason everyone seems to have a probably with this even though one cannot help how they are born.  He annoys everyone and no one really likes him but they let him be around because he is so nice (and he also probably has money).  His liking Brett and, sort of, pursuing her is very wrong.  Brett is clearly with Mike even if she is stringing all these other fellows along (which is just a wrong).  The characters in this book have a lot of problems and probably need counselling for their many problems.