The Sun Also Rises

Novel | Ernest Hemingway
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What kind of lifestyle Does Lady Brett Ashley Maintain?

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What kind of lifestyle does Lady Brett Ashley maintain NU Lady Brett Ashley lives a wild and restless life in The Sun Also Rises She moves from place to place She drinks a lot She changes lovers often She wants love but cannot find peace She is unhappy inside Love without Peace Brett loves many men but never finds happiness She tells Jake in the taxi Don t touch me Please don t touch me This shows her pain She loves Jake but cannot stay with him In Paris Montparnasse and Madrid she searches for love She leaves Mike Campbell but still promises marriage She also turns to Robert Cohn and later Pedro Romero Yet she never finds peace Party and Drinks Brett enjoys nightclubs and bars At the dancing-club in Rue de la Montagne Sainte Genevi ve Jake sees her with young men She looked very lovely and she

was very much with them She drinks brandy champagne and wine In Paris caf s like Select and Crillon she spends her nights She also stays with Count Mippipopolous who offers her ten thousand dollars to go to Biarritz Brett enjoys money drinks and parties Restless and Changing Brett cannot stay in one place She moves from Paris to Pamplona for the bullfights She follows Pedro Romero the young bullfighter She tells Jake Oh darling I ve been so miserable Her restless heart makes her change men She lives a modern careless lifestyle full of charm but also sadness Lady Brett Ashley lives a restless drinking party-filled life She runs from Paris caf s to Pamplona bullfights She changes lovers like Robert Cohn Mike Campbell and Romero She loves Jake but cannot stay with him Her lifestyle is modern but full of pain

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