" That is his hope for the future: to be able to make better sense of his suffering, and to manage to get what enjoyment he can from life
Jake's present philosophy, as these paragraphs imply, has to do with both "paying for everything" and "getting something in exchange," depending on what, how and why one pays
Jake's philosophy of "paying" and "being paid" is a sexual metaphor that works for others, but not for him.
In terms of his relationship with Brett, Jake still "pays," as other men do, but can receive nothing, sexually, in return. Thus, Jake can neither "pay" nor "be paid" sexually, as other men (and women) can
Jake, however, still wants to learn "to live in" the world as he now finds it, including learning to live with his uncomfortable condition.
Jake hopes that his own personal endurance and determination will help him "learn... what it was all about," that is, to better understand his own suffering, and thereby make better sense of life
Later at the bullfight (Chapters XV-XVI), Jake does not complain or act self-pitying in front of others, especially Brett. This is an illustration of the aspects of his manliness, in his view, that he can still control and will not compromise.
Jake resents it when men like Robert Cohn act sulky: they have the physical capacities of men, but, as Jake sees it, they act like children. This is behavior Jake would never allow himself
Jake considers Cohn's behavior around Brett and the others at the Pamplona festival and bullfight to be particularly self-indulgent, and, therefore, unmanly
Jake is especially resentful that Robert...
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Its readability does not overcome this article's scholarly flaws. Gay Wilentz. "(Re)Teaching Hemingway: Anti-Semitism as a Thematic Device in the Sun Also Rises." College English, Vol. 52, No. 2 (Feb., 1990), pp. 186-193. Wilentz admittedly and explicitly applies a quasi-feminist reading to the novel by examining religion -- specifically, Judaism as represented by the villainous Robert Cohn. This also ties in to how the novel was received in its era, according
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