Jake Barnes

"I lay awake thinking and my mind jumping around. Then I couldn’t keep away from it, and I started to think about Brett and all the rest of it went away. I was thinking about Brett and my mind stopped jumping around and started to go in sort of smooth waves. Then all of a sudden I started to cry." (Hemingway 39)

I feel like I'm walking around in circles.  No matter what I do, I always back in the  same place.  Every time I look at Brett all the old feelings come rushing back. I'm helpless.  I know she is bad for me, but I can't stay away.  I thought I could push her away like I do with my other "friends",  but I was mistaken.  I love her.  She says she loves me too, but she always runs off with another man.  It seems as though my heart is something only to be trampled on.  She leaves me in this pathetic state. I'm addicted to Brett, and this is my punishment.