In his response he is saying that the only reason Brett, Jake himself, or anyone else could imagine that their love might be perfect, might be an answer to all the meaningless of postwar life, is because his injury makes it impossible. And yet Jake, in his response, "Isn't it pretty to think so," dashes even that idea. At numerous points in the novel it seems that Jake and Brett share a real love, and could be a true couple, if only Jake did not have the injury that made him impotent. Brett has been liberated.Īt the same time, in her last lines of the novel, even Brett is revealed to yearn for love, with Jake. The typical attitudes of men and women have been troubled and upturned by the changes of wartime. She has sex without being married and without feeling ashamed. She is healthy, charismatic, and lives like the ideal bachelor. But while the insecurities of the male characters cause them to avoid love and sex, Brett excels as a sexual being. The occupations and movements of the characters are aimless and restless. The nightly drinking parties and long leisurely meals in public places serve as the primary domestic activity of the novel. The characters do not establish domestic lives for themselves. The relationships are made and broken along the journey from country to country and, though marriage is sometimes mentioned, it is never actually attempted other than Cohn's disastrous and unhappy first marriage. The romantic partners in The Sun Also Rises change suddenly and frequently.
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