A Character Analysis of Brett in The Sun Also Rises
At first glance, she may seem like nothing more than a drunken whore. Which, is exactly how she, Lady Ashley, is portrayed in Ernest Hemingway’s book, The Sun Also Rises. However, I believe there is more to Lady Ashley, generally known as Brett, than may appear to the naked eye. Hemingway writes with very little description about the characters in this book. Therefore, much of the character development is left for the reader to figure out. Even though there is not much description about her, a great deal can be determined about Brett’s character by the way she handles herself in certain situations and her interaction with the other characters. More importantly, though, is to determine what Hemmingway was trying to accomplish with Brett’s character, and why she acts the way she does. Brett is a selfish and needy person, which is very obvious from the context of the book. She uses men to get what she wants and needs. She demands much more than any single person is capable of supplying her with. As a result, Brett has some sort of relationship (not necessarily physical) with six different men throughout the book: Jake Barnes, Mike Campbell, Robert Cohn, Pedro Romero, Count Mippipopolous, and her soon-to-be ex-husban
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