Life: Falling In Love In Jake Barnes's Life

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Love is a funny thing and it makes people do funny things. The event that changed Jake Barnes 's life the most would be falling in love with Lady Brett Ashley because it changes who he is essentially. Jake and Brett met during World War One in England when Brett had treated a wound for Jake. The pair fell in love with each other, she refused to commit to a relationship with him. Brett is a selfish woman and does not care who she hurts. Because of her manipulations, Jake disregards his morals to bend to her will. And finally Jake 's friendships suffer because of Brett 's carefree attitude.
A selfish person, does as selfish people do. They ignore others feelings for their own priority. Brett seems to always be in love and with many people. She …show more content…

In Pamplona the group meets a nineteen year old uprising bullfighter named Pedro Romero, who Brett eventually falls in love with. One evening, while strolling through the park, Brett feels the urge to be reassured of Jake’s affection for her. When he tells her yes, she proceeds by saying how she 's "a goner. [She 's] mad about the Romero boy. [She is] in love with him [she] think[s]"(187). He protected Romero from the American representative who had an interest in him. Yet when it comes to Brett he threw all his morals away knowing she could screw up his career. Once he introduces the two and gets them acquainted he leaves to find the others in the group. Cohn questions heavily where Brett is Jake gets angry and “will not tell [them] a damn thing,” (194). Despite knowing that her cheating on Mike is against his morals. He loves her and only wants her to be happy, even if lying to his friends. When the group finally splits Brett and Romero Head towards Madrid and days later Jake heads to San Sebastian, he gets a telegram from Brett asking him to meet her in Madrid. Despite his plans, he goes to find a shaking and lonely Brett. She had forced Romero leave because “it was rather a knock his being ashamed of [her]. He was ashamed of [her] for a while then” (246). She was not as feminine as other women making men taunt Romero. Jake did not care about any of that, he just cared about her. He only wanted to love her and make her happy. He left his vacation to rescue a woman who only uses him. For Jake, to be in love with such a rotten woman is detrimental to his

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