Jake As A Dynamic Character Essay

Jake is a dynamic character because when the novel first started out, Jake needed to have Brett to confirm his masculinity, but as the novel progressed Jake grows up and develop in a character of his own. After Jake and his friends went on a trip to Spain, Jake was left alone with some peace and quiet. But it was not to long before Brett sent a telegram to him for them to meet up at a hotel since she needed help. After they met up both Jake and Brett went into a taxi for a ride around town. Brett then says: “Oh, Jake,” Brett said, ‘we could have had such a damned good time together.’ Ahead was a mounted policeman in Khaki directing traffic. He raised his baton. The car slowed suddenly pressing Brett against me. ‘Yes,’ I said, ‘Isn’t it pretty to think so?’” (Hemingway 251).

This made him feel emasculated and leaving him as a static character throughout the novel. But even though he was in such in a predicament with his injury, and there is nothing that can be done to change that since it is a permanent trauma that occurred to him. His relationship with Brett on the other hand has evolved throughout the novel. At the beginning of the novel Jake was mostly behind Brett, making her play the more dominant role in the relationship that they had between each other. He also was the one to come in and give her a kiss when the novel had first started but Brett ended up pushing him away. As the novel continued the roles each character had, switched. Jake was more bitter toward Brett after she leaned in towards him. Brett makes an attempt by saying “we could have had such a damned good time together” realizing after all that she truly wants to be with Jake whether sexually or emotionally. But Jake turns around being bitter towards her saying “Isn't it pretty to think