The Sun Also Rises (Chapter 6 & 7)

Chapter 6 & 7 Summaries

Chapter 6 starts out with the evening when Jake and Robert had gotten into a verbally fight. Jake that whole day had thought about Brett and how much he just wanted to go see her and just talk to her. So later that evening Jake had went to meet Brett were the two of them had decided to meet that day, but she stood him up. After looking for her in a few places he could possible think she would be at, Jake wanders through the streets of Paris and runs into his very good friend Harvey Stone. Harvey is a compulsive gambler, but he denies that he has a problem. Harvey tells Jake that he is broke and that he has not eaten in a couple of days maybe even a week. So Jake of course feeling bad for his good friend Harvey, gives him some money. Then Jake and Harvey go for a walk together talking and catching up with each other. the two of them happen to come across Robert who is waiting to meet with Frances. Harvey then insults Robert, calling him a moron, before leaving to eat. Harvey and Robert start saying stuff about each other and just about when they are going to fight with each other Frances arrives. She asks to speak to Jake privately and tells him that Robert has refused to marry her and that she fears that no man will marry her now because she has lost all of her beauty. Jake does not comment on the action because he does not want to take a side with Frances over Robert or a side with Robert over Frances. So he tries to remain neutral, but Frances says that she will not receive alimony from her husband because she got divorced in the quickest way; adding to her woes. Frances then trying to remain bright and cheery she suggests that they rejoin Robert. When they return, Frances tells Jake that Robert has paid her two hundred pounds to go to England, but that she had to force it out of him. She also tells Jake in front of Robert that Robert won't marry her because he wants to tell people that he once had a wife. Robert does not reply and listens to what Frances has to say. Jake then excuses himself and leaves Robert and Frances alone to discuss their problems together. Then Chapter 7 begins with Jake returning home from his dinner with Frances and Robert. Right when he returns home, Brett and Count Mippipopolous show up at his doorstep. Jake opens the door and sees Brett and asks her why she had missed their appointment. She tells him that she had forgot about it because she was really drunk. Then Brett offers to send the Count away so they can be alone, but Jake tells her not to, but she can send him to go and get champagne for them.Jake then asks why they cannot live together, and she tells him that she would only make him unhappy by cheating on him all of the time. She then announces that she is going to leave Paris and go to San Sebastian, in Spain, because it will be better for the both of them if they are not together. Then after a long silent pause the Count returns with the champagne, and he begins to describe his philosophy of life. He tells Jake that he has been in seven wars and four revolutions and by doing so he has lived for a very long period of time. Because he has lived so long, he tells Jake that he is able to enjoy everything to the fullest. The Counts philosophy is that the secret to living is to get to know the right values. He tells Jake that he is always in love because his values include love. The three of them have a pleasant dinner before going out to a club. The count asks why Brett and Jake do not get married, and they tell him a fake story of why they should not. Brett then starts to feel miserable and wants to leave the club.So Jake accompanies Brett out of the club and all the way to her hotel. Jake asks her if he could go up to her room and take a peak of her place, but she does not want him to come up to her room. However, she lets him proceed to her room. When inside of the room, Jake kisses Brett several times before she pushes him away and tells him to leave.

Chapters 6 & 7 Personal Comments

Reading chapters 6 and 7 were very interesting to me because I thought that Hemingway went into a lot of detail. In chapter 6 I felt that Jake should not have went back to find Brett. She had hurt his heart once and I think that he is just waiting for her to break it. I also felt that Robert was very rude not to ask Frances to marry him because he does not want to travel with her. I also feel that Frances thinks that she can get whatever she likes and Robert for the first time did not give in. In Chapter 7 I felt that it was so rude that Brett ditches Jake for their evening appointment and then decides to act like nothing was wrong and show up at his house wanting to go out. I thought that Brett should not have led Jake on, bringing him all the way up to her hotel room and then not wanting to be with him. Overall I think that Brett is a flirt, Frances is spoiled, Robert is a jerk, and Jack is lonely. I enjoined these chapters and i believe that Hemingway does a great job of showing two sides of all his characters.