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    because of her constant need for security. Brett is a strong‚ out-spoken woman in The Sun Also Rises‚ who has destructive affairs with many men and ultimately leaves them. Both characters are different in the way they behave but are also similar in their destructive tendencies. At first impression it can be seen that Brett and Daisy have different personalities; Brett is a flirty‚ modern women while Daisy is the charming‚ quiet‚ more reserved woman. Brett is first introduced entering a bar with a

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    In the novel The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway‚ the reader follows the travels of expatriates Jake Barnes‚ and his friends Lady Brett Ashley‚ Robert Cohn‚ Mike Campbell‚ and Bill Gordon. As the characters travel around France and Spain‚ Hemingway describes their various interactions with people that both took part in the war and those that did not. The term “Lost Generation” is applied to the people that fought or witnessed the war and is “lost” because of their experiences in the war. Through

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    Raw - Essay "Institutions may have varying effects on individuals". Discuss this statement with reference to ’Raw’. The novel ’Raw’‚ written by Scott Monk‚ shows that an institution may have varying effects on an individual. In this case the institution being ’The Farm’. The aim of the institution‚ being to transform the bad ways/behaviours of the individual. The individuals are expected to be in compliance of the rules and expectations of the caretakers‚ Mary & Sam. If the individuals protest

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    2014 TAX MEMORANDUM FROM: SUBJECT: Brett and Kathy Engagement: Issues Brett and Kathy’s filing status used to be married‚ filing jointly. Although both of Brett and Kathy want to get divorce‚ they have not divorced considering financial pressure and their three children. From 2014‚ Brett begins to contribute more than Kathy do to support the home and their children. Also they want to file income tax returns separately. Thus Brett believes he can claim head of household

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    look away‚ though" (Hemingway 182). Jake’s unsuccessful experiment with the prostitute Georgette‚ rejection by Brett‚ and inability to connect with any other men in a meaningful way‚ leaves him with no choice but to turn inward in order to find a different source of masculinity. He begins to realize that his impotence is not the central reason he is unable to connect with Brett. Through his fishing trip with Bill‚ and his interactions with both Montoya and Romero‚ Jake begins to identify very

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    through Hemingway’s childhood and his life he was described as a man’s man and he was the big tough guy‚ but that’s not the case in his novels. Throughout Ernest Hemingway’s novel The Sun Also Rises‚ Hemingway shows‚ through the characters of Lady Brett Ashley and Jake Barnes‚ that the pre-war gender roles are not entirely true anymore. Even Jennifer Blanch‚ the author of “Gender Identity and the Modern Condition in The Sun Also Rises”‚ thinks Hemingway has a more in depth thought about the whole

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    too invested in it. Brett is a beautiful woman who attracts many men but is most often viewed as a whore. Jake Barnes has been in love with Brett ever since he met her in war. Their love for each other has never faded away but it has created destruction. Brett continues to indulge herself with other men and at the same time she drags Jake along. Jake is continuously getting stuck in her cycle and he gets the conception that they can rekindle their love. Brett still

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    passage I choose is a dialogue between Jake Barnes and Lady Brett Ashley in the final chapter of Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises(1926). ). It happens after Brett sent Romero away‚ and asked for Jake’s support through telegrams. Jake hurried to the Madrid hotel where Brett stayed‚ and they had a seven-page- long conversation. This piece of dialogue is pretty much the end of their conversation as well as the end of the novel. In this dialogue‚ Brett is telling Jake not to get drunk‚ revealing one of the

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    Raw by Scott Monk

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    Raw follows the story of Brett Dalton a teenager with an attitude who has succumb to peer pressure and lives outside the law. After being picked up for various minor offences Brett finds himself having to spend time at a rehabilitation centre. the image that I have created symbolises Brett Daltons perspective of the rehabilitation centre called the farm. The farm is home to many young crime committers such as Brett. The farms main purpose is to reform kids that are sent there. It is very different

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    article focuses mostly on Jake Barnes and how much the role of leisure activity plays in his development throughout the book. He is being compared to the other characters in the book and it therefore gives information about Jake Barnes‚ Robert Cohn and Brett Ashley whom are essential for this analysis. One comparison Mellette makes is one between Cohn and Jake. He states that while Jake appreciates

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