Is Jakes love of Brett similar to Santiagos love of the fish? What does their love symbolize?
A good place to start is with the common Hemingwayesque theme of what one loves must eventually be destroyed. Santiago loves this fish, respects its beauty, its size, its power, but still must demonstrate his own power, mainly for the sake of his pride. When he catches the fish, ties it to the skiff, and hauls it back to shore, frenzied sharks begin to feed on the now defenseless carcass. Santiago acts in the great marlin’s defense, protecting its beauty, its dignity, as well as his own triumph over the mammoth beast. He needs to be the sole destroyer of this fish. Yet the marlin is still decimated by the relentless sharks, and Santiago feels he must blame himself for the fish’s demise. Now let’s take some of these same principles and apply them to the relationship between Jake and Brett in The Sun Also Rises. Who is the hunter and who is the hunted here? Brett has long been condemned as a “bitch goddess” who exploits her sexual desirability for the purpose of destroying the last shred
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