and often makes fun of him In Paris caf s like the Select and the Bal Musette show people wasting time in drinking and dancing Hemingway uses satire here to criticize these empty lives and false dreams Tragic Satire in Spain In Pamplona Spain the bullfights display real courage and strength But the group of friends fail to match that courage Mike spends his time drinking Bill keeps making jokes and Cohn creates fights because of Brett The fiesta that should bring joy ends in sadness and broken hearts This mix of pain and foolishness makes the story both tragic and satiric The novel mixes tragedy and satire The broken love of Jake and Brett is tragic The foolishness of Cohn Mike and others is satiric Hemingway shows that the lost generation suffers pain and laughs at life at the same time