Fiesta peripety

The primary turning point is most likely when Brett reveals to Jake that she and Cohn went to San Sebastian together, which undoubtedly means that Brett and Cohn had an affair. Jake instantly understood this and begins to dislike Cohn. Up until this point they had been friends, close friends, but when Jake found out he started to see Cohn as competition in the race to win Brett. Jake is obviously jealous of Cohn, even though Brett doesn't view Cohn as seriously, and as a consequence begins to treat Cohn as a rival. The antisemitism now appears as Jake uses it as an actual insult, aswell as belittling Cohn for not being a WWI-veteran like Jake. Which funnily enough is a big reason as to why Brett and Jake aren't in a relationship; Jake was injured in some way that left him incapable of having sex. Jake's friend Bill didn't like Cohn either, and takes Jakes side against Cohn who've now become sort of the antagonist of the book, an antagonist you feel sorry for though because of his many flaws and awkardness. Another fun fact is that the introduction, the first page, now becomes relevant, when Cohn gives Jake a good beat-down when he refuses to tell Cohn where Brett is. A typical romantic-story i guess. This turning point is definitely an immidiate one, given that the mood changes the instant Jake finds out. I think this is maybe not the turning point of the entire book, but since it's the turning point of the primary story-line it's also the biggest and most important turning point. Other sidetracks aren't as important as the Brett-Jake story.

I was actually rather satisfied with the ending, I think it left a good feel to the book and a nice final touch because it mellowed down a bit, the conflicts ended a few chapters before and then the pace slowed down a little. I particularly enjoyed the few pages about Jake in San Sebastian, when he goes swimming and whatever. They were completely useless and didn't add anything to the story, but it left a good impression of Jake as a character and prepared for the final sentences with the Brett and Jake-story unfolding. "We could've had such a nice time together" and "Isn't pretty to think so" is an alright resolution, and also conclusion, meaning that if-only Jake hadn't been injured or whatever the reason was, they would've been a great match which I can tell because they seemed to be good friends and on the same wavelength on a lot of things, unlike Brett and others.

"fiesta: the sun also rises" The first part, fiesta is a reference to where most of the book took place, during the fiesta and bullfighting in Pamplona. The other part, sun also rises, is not as obvious but it means that the sun will keep rising long after they've left spain, paris, or even died. Life goes on and the world keeps on spinning, their  love-issues become insignificant and truly pathetic if you look at it from a wordly perspective. And no-one would remember anything at all about Jake and Brett unless this book was written(yes i know it's fiction) because the lost generation are all dead, like we'll be one day; the sun also rises!

You can never truly know what Hemingway had in mind, but having read this book I think I can say with confidence that there's no obvious message like in fantasy-books or whatever. There are lots of themes and underlying messages you can pick up on but no real, primary, heavyweight-point of the book. That said here's some thought. Just like the title implies, Jake shouldn't have cared, or hesitated at all with Brett, because once he's deal it won't matter anyway. I can go into various depths on this but to keep it simple I believe that one message is, that "the lost generation" were a bunch of people with no real purpose to live for but instead went on spending-sprees, partied, went to Spain and partied some more, got into some problematic relationships, and lived in self-denial about it all. Oh, and they drank a lot.