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Narration Prompt
Retell this chapter in sequence: Jake's wait for Brett, who never comes, the scene with the broke and indifferent Harvey Stone, Jake's aside that he has not 'shown Robert Cohn clearly,' and Frances's long public humiliation of Cohn that Jake watches and then escapes. Then name the central tension Hemingway develops here and judge what Jake's part as onlooker adds to it.
Discussion Questions
- While Frances humiliates Cohn in public, Jake says, 'I did not even feel an impulse to try and stop it,' and then leaves the scene. Consider what Jake's refusal to step in suggests about him here, and why he leaves rather than acts. Use the chapter's details to explain.
- Jake interrupts the scene to say, 'Somehow I feel I have not shown Robert Cohn clearly,' and then revises his description of Cohn. Consider what this interruption does to your trust in Jake's portrait of Cohn, and why Hemingway might place that self-correction here. Use this chapter, and what Jake has shown of Cohn so far, to explain.
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