So you may be wondering why my blog is titled this...well there isn't one specific reason why. First, I think it's a great quote from the movie Forrest Gump. Also, I like the message it teaches. Life is unexpected, and no one knows what lies before them. We have to take the chance and go see for ourselves if we ever want to accomplish something. This is also a lot like reading. We start out reading a book not knowing where it will take us. The ending is unknown until we reach it; sometimes it ends good and sometimes it ends bad. However, we will never know how it turns out in the end if we do not keep going.

Thursday, August 12, 2010

The...End?

At last we have reached chapter nineteen...this is the end? Did anything actually happen in this book? I mean...all of the characters ended up in the exact same situation they started in. All of the characters ended up leaving each other and going different directions like they were when the book began. The only two characters who remain together are Jake and Brett which is exactly how we found them at the start of the book. After Brett had caught herself in a bad situation with another guy, she called for the help of Jake as she has always done. Therefore, Jake came to her rescue because he loves her. The part that surprised me a little was when Brett said "I'm going back to Mike. He's so damned nice and he's so awful. He's my sort of thing" (page 247). After all they have been through, she still wants to go back to Mike? In addition, she and Jake still love each other but cannot or will not be together...which is exactly where we began. "'Oh, Jake,' Brett said, 'we could have had such a damned good time together.' 'Yes,' I said. 'Isn't it pretty to think so?'" (page 251).

THE END...?
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  1. MatthewAugust 13, 2010 at 9:29 PM

    I agree, I found the end rather disappointing. I had hoped that Brett would finally learn her lesson, but instead she just goes right back to Mike, and right back into a toxic relationship. The weird relationship between Jake and Brett also still annoys me, especially because it was never explained at any time in the novel. Also, where did Cohn go, exactly? In my mind, Cohn could be seen in many ways as the protagonist of the story; it seems rather foolish not to at least mention where he landed. Hemingway definitely left too many loose ends.

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  2. Mr. CostelloAugust 22, 2010 at 11:56 PM

    some love it, some hate it. That's ambiguity for you!

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